A tweet states that National Guard or Active Duty military ordered to violate constitutional rights can call the GI Rights Hotline for support, with the number 1-877-447-4487 provided.

    • mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      11 months ago

      The military has historically been one of the few semi-reliable ways to escape generations of extreme poverty. If you’re raised in the hood and don’t want to fall into a gang, the military is often your only realistic option.

      The entire system is designed to funnel poor kids into the military, because that’s the only way to sustain such a massive military industrial complex.