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Either by choice or sheer luck. What is something that has happened to you that made your life actively better?

(So far) For me it has been me finally able to move out of my parents home.

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[–] AquaTofana@lemmy.world 28 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Absolutely meeting my husband. Joining the military absolutely laid the groundwork for breaking out of my conservative/republican ideology, but it was truly the work my husband put into me to pull me in Progressive thinking. I tell him all the time how he's made me into a MUCH better human being.

[–] Dozzi92@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's funny, I joined the Marines, infantry, and came out much, much more progressive.

[–] AquaTofana@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think it's eye opening to see how much better everyone's lives are when they have things like free Healthcare, subsidized school, and subsidized housing.

Not to mention many of our deployments occurring to locations where religious extremism has dominated society.

The military used to lean heavily red as a rule, but I think looking around and seeing the struggles of our civvie family and friends makes us go, "Fuck, wouldn't it be awesome if EVERYONE could have this?"

[–] RGB3x3@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'll be separating soon and the biggest thing I'll miss is the healthcare. Not having literally any bills for any medical treatment is fantastic.

It's funny for Republicans to want to keep over funding the military, given that the biggest expense is the socialized healthcare.

[–] paddirn@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I think you'll still qualify for Tricare after you get out. Before my Dad passed, he was on Tricare (after having been out of the military for decades) and I think they only just recently started charging for it the past few years, but it was still ridiculously cheaper than any private health insurance rates (for him it was something like $12/month vs $600/month private insurance). I stayed away from getting him on because I assumed there was something wrong with it, but nope, I only regret not getting him on Tricare sooner.