Gray Miller
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Gray is a former Marine dancer grandpa visualist who writes to help adults figure out what they want to be when they grow up.
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A paramilitary force is a military force. What makes it “para” is that it is not the lawfully constituted military of nation. The people carrying out paramilitary operations are soldiers, not lawful ones, but still soldiers following orders and engaging in warfare. That’s ICE and CPB (Customs […]
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October 24, 2025 at 1:55 AM
A paramilitary force is a military force. What makes it “para” is that it is not the lawfully constituted military of nation. The people carrying out paramilitary operations are soldiers, not lawful ones, but still soldiers following orders and engaging in warfare. That’s ICE and CPB (Customs […]
@sz_duras isn’t the saying (Churchill, I think?) that “Democracy is an absolutely horrible system of government…except for all the others”?
If not democracy- and I’m not arguing for it, just curious- then what?
If not democracy- and I’m not arguing for it, just curious- then what?
October 16, 2025 at 1:48 PM
@sz_duras isn’t the saying (Churchill, I think?) that “Democracy is an absolutely horrible system of government…except for all the others”?
If not democracy- and I’m not arguing for it, just curious- then what?
If not democracy- and I’m not arguing for it, just curious- then what?