Basically that soul-patched freak Palmer Luckey and his pals heard all the late 2000s conspiracy theories about The Military Industrial Complex Creating Unwinnable Forever Wars For Profit and thought "hey now that sounds like a solid business model worth trying actually"

Many people were not prepared for a war to be televised and have the luxury to view it as a football match from their moral high ground when it only exists in their peripheral vision and it shows

These posts are always insanely botted likes, and by people who were always pro Russia but pretend to be impartial.

Had this conversation with a Ukrainian today about it - who was hit by an FPV a few years ago

"what's that? you smoked an (1) joint? seven years ago? sorry, loser, per department policy we actually have to launch you off the property in a trebuchet. pay no attention to the whiskey lunch that the politicals are having in that conference room over there"

Thompson is, to my mind, one of the finest examples of leadership and courage, military or otherwise, you will find.

It is easy to just "follow orders", pretend you don't see what's happening or that you're just doing what your country needs "for patriotism"

Doing the right thing is a choice 25/28