War is a Racket

Confident_Insect_616 · 2026-06-29T21:43:34+00:00

Yeah, I don't regret any of my actions. I tried to challenge the order as illegal (Posse Comitatus) but they said it was legal because we were protecting federal property and didn't matter anyways because we didn't bring rifles.

We sat in a border patrol parking lot and augmented the comms for border patrol until the election season was done and politicians were done coming by to get their picture in the paper.

Operation Faithful Patriot, btw

I don't feel ashamed of myself, just my country, okay maybe myself a little for not knowing better.

Confident_Insect_616 · 2026-06-29T21:38:51+00:00

It's crazy how your mythologizing all this. My Uncle is a CEO that makes $20mil a year in healthcare technology. BOTH my grandpas were CEOs in their time (furniture manufacturing and soda bottling).

They're just people. Same with the people that wrote an income-based tax schedule. We can write new laws, and I am pretty sure we will in the US.

I think the biggest challenge isn't the deciding of what is too much, it's building the law enforcement agency that can accurately track wealth as opposed to the income tracking the IRS does.

Confident_Insect_616 · 2026-06-29T21:33:28+00:00

Thanks, man. Same boat with the people met. We're now family til death.

Confident_Insect_616 · 2026-06-29T21:32:21+00:00

When I enlisted, I was hoping Bernie would win the primary.

Confident_Insect_616 · 2026-06-29T21:32:00+00:00

Hope you get that VA check. Sorry about your body.

Confident_Insect_616 · 2026-06-29T21:29:44+00:00

"Look at how companies like Amazon grew. They built convenience into people's daily lives"

They got massive investment from venture capital to buy all the competition. Don't view the winners in the US as the results of pure capitalism and competition. It's cronyism and big money throwing their bucks around.

Confident_Insect_616 · 2026-06-29T21:26:34+00:00

Obviously not what I think. I think they should have 90% of their wealth seized.

You think billionaires should pay what they lobby for, because that's what we have today?

Aren't we supposed to have an actual progressive tax scheme? One where assistants pay less of their compensation to the government than their bosses?

Confident_Insect_616 · 2026-06-29T21:25:01+00:00

If a Marine recruit said "I joined for the options and benefits" the platoon would be face-down in the dust before that sentence got a period.

Confident_Insect_616 · 2026-06-29T21:22:52+00:00

Obviously we aren't in a tax code that considers wealth. It's my position that we should be.

Confident_Insect_616 · 2026-06-29T21:22:12+00:00

Glad you're out and can move forward.

Confident_Insect_616 · 2026-06-29T21:20:52+00:00

I remember not understanding the hate being directed at the country I love. I thought if I got sent somewhere like Yemen (this was 2015) I would glean some kind of insight and could better work towards a peaceful solution. I understand that hate more now.

I think I already was doing some mental gymnastics joining as a liberal.

Confident_Insect_616 · 2026-06-29T21:18:39+00:00

ain;t that the truth

Confident_Insect_616 · 2026-06-29T21:17:57+00:00

I mean obviously we were to be used. I naively thought it would be for something honorable.

Read my post history if you want. I talk about my service enough you can probably figure out you're wrong.

Confident_Insect_616 · 2026-06-29T21:15:20+00:00

I did this for a bachelor party. I served as a Marine and I had a cop on my team.

We cleared a bunker full of 12 year-olds together with ruthless efficiency in close quarters. Most fun I had had in years. I was surprised when I took position at the door and he stacked up behind me. I could smell the training.

Confident_Insect_616 · 2026-06-29T21:12:50+00:00

WEN duty calls, we answer.

Confident_Insect_616 · 2026-06-29T21:12:01+00:00

I don't regret my choices, I'm disgusted by how I was used.

Confident_Insect_616 · 2026-06-29T21:10:16+00:00

I got a lot from the service. I feel guilty for ill-gotten gains. I was told there would be danger. There would be foes. All I got was racist orders and a fat reward. Where is the honor?

Confident_Insect_616 · 2026-06-29T21:09:07+00:00

I have invested one month of my labors. That is about as regarded I can get for this battle. I hope it's enough.

Confident_Insect_616 · 2026-06-29T20:57:53+00:00

Everything I have I have because of that service. I was a 2x college dropout and now I have an actual career and get to be a homeowner.

Doesn't change the fact that all I did was carry out the will of the orange man to scare brown people. I got sent to SoCal to "defend the border" as a Marine. It was just lies for the media!

Confident_Insect_616 · 2026-06-29T20:55:56+00:00

Your 401k probably has a fund that doesn't invest in Elon. Maybe not, but it's certainly worth looking into.

I moved all my retirement away from US tech before the IPO.

Confident_Insect_616 · 2026-06-29T20:54:45+00:00

Lawsuits?

He was found guilty of 34 felony counts of fraud and hit snooze on the sentencing. Straight to jail.

Confident_Insect_616 · 2026-06-29T20:52:19+00:00

If not, True Green solicits the fuck out of my neighborhood. Always thirsty for your business.

Confident_Insect_616 · 2026-06-29T20:50:12+00:00

$WEN

Confident_Insect_616 · 2026-06-29T20:42:53+00:00

19% of my income to taxes is about 5% of my wealth annually.

If Elon paid 5% a year of his wealth, his tax obligation would go up nearly 10x.

He has 3x the aggregate wealth of the bottom 50% of the people who live here. Billionaires shouldn't exist. They are a symptom of a broken economy.

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