▲ 26 ▼ There's a lot of freedom at first as a soldier to realize that you could put down so much evil in the world until you realize you might actually be putting evil into the world. (discuss.online) submitted 1 year ago by Worthess@discuss.online to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world 29 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] ICastFist@programming.dev -2 points 1 year ago (2 children) Fighting foreign enemies at home doesn't automatically make it a "fight for freedom". Case in point: Taliban vs USA permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 year ago Fighting foreign enemies at home doesn't automatically make it a "fight for freedom". Uhh no shit, nuance is important. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Tiger666@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago (1 child) You don't think the Taliban were fighting for their freedom? What were they fighting for then? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ICastFist@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago Fighting for power first and foremost, but I guess you could go and say it was for the "freedom to rule" permalink fedilink source parent
[–] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 year ago Fighting foreign enemies at home doesn't automatically make it a "fight for freedom". Uhh no shit, nuance is important. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Tiger666@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago (1 child) You don't think the Taliban were fighting for their freedom? What were they fighting for then? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ICastFist@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago Fighting for power first and foremost, but I guess you could go and say it was for the "freedom to rule" permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago Fighting for power first and foremost, but I guess you could go and say it was for the "freedom to rule" permalink fedilink source parent