• ceenote@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Militaries see a lot of value in convincing their members that they’ll be remembered after dying.

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      Some good things have happened because people sacrificed themselves for the greater good.

      Do I wish this wasn’t necessary? Fucking of course.

      But history doesn’t repeat itself so much as humans just don’t change.

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          12 hours ago

          I was thinking of some of the Revolutionary War soldiers, actually and the allies fighting Nazi Germany.

          Not really sure where Luigi came from.

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        Some good things have happened because people sacrificed themselves for the greater good.

        We’re talking about the US here. It’s mostly about the greed, slavery, oil or invading farmers.