The Air Force is the only one of the military branches involved in President Donald Trump's mandated border mission to not disclose publicly the number of service members or what units they're coming from.
  • davel@lemmy.mlEnglish
    65·
    10 天前

    What’s your favorite film? Starship Troopers? Go back to reddit.stormfront.

      • davel@lemmy.mlEnglish
        33·
        10 天前

        My sibling in Kristallnacht, a militarized/police state is exactly what this is. This is war turned inward. This is what fascism looks like. This is fascism.

        They’re starting with (mostly non-European) immigrants and trans people, and so on.

        The Independent: Trump State Department official has repeatedly called for mass sterilization of ‘low-IQ trash’

        First they came for the Communists
        And I did not speak out
        Because I was not a Communist

        Then they came for the Socialists
        And I did not speak out
        Because I was not a Socialist

        Then they came for the trade unionists
        And I did not speak out
        Because I was not a trade unionist

        Then they came for the Jews
        And I did not speak out
        Because I was not a Jew

        Then they came for me
        And there was no one left
        To speak out for me

        • nednobbins@lemm.ee
          3·
          10 天前

          We might be talking about different things. I’m just saying that Starship Troopers is an anti-war film and most of the people who like it are fairly liberal.

          • davel@lemmy.mlEnglish
            23·
            10 天前

            Yes. My point was that the type of people who think it’s reasonable for troops to hide their identities are the same people for whom Verhoeven’s satirical fascism goes over their heads.

    • Darrell_Winfield@lemmy.world
      34·
      10 天前

      Hell or High Water. Fantastic utilization of visuals combined with smooth and enjoyable music. Love the whole trilogy, but this is my favorite of them.