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Far-Right Congressman Complains There Aren’t Enough White People Joining the Army (www.vice.com)

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Rep. Paul Gosar blamed the drop in white recruits on the army’s supposed “woke Marxist ideologies.”

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[-] ElcaineVolta@kbin.social 26 points 5 months ago

if the military is a Marxist institution, why do they keep expanding the defense budget?

[-] oyo@lemm.ee 4 points 5 months ago

Because it doesn't go to the military. It goes to the MIC.

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