Decided to go to a sporting event. I did my due diligence and arrived on time for the game as to avoid the screeching nightmare of people standing for the Star Spangled Banner.

However, there was no escape from imperial chuavanism because I happened to find myself at a game that celebrated US Millitary personnel the entire time, complete with pre-recorded videos of players droning on about the “sacrifice” the military makes to ensure our freedoms. Someone from each branch threw a ceremonial first pitch and got the ball signed by a player. This event was literally sponsored by Boeing, proudly. I saw from videos played on the jumbo screen that people in Boeing collared shirts were the ones that spread out the massive US flag that was present during the anthem.

Every baseball game sings God Bless America during the 7th inning stretch so i went to the bathroom to avoid that of course. But between every inning there was some gooftroop being honored for their service with the backdrop of Boeing iconography littered around the ballpark. They even had a fucking enlistment ceremony where several people swore allegiance to the US military.

Obviously, this isnt new. There is no discovery here. The Empire is who we thought it was, make no mistake. But it is always chilling to hear the cheers for the American death cult, all brought to you by the military-congressional-industrial-complex.

Wow would it be nice if a few more people would just boo at this shit like they boo 27 year olds that cant throw a strike. Like damn I might cry tears of joy if 25+ thousand people would ruin the national anthem by just booing the shit out of it. Or if these military personnel and their families could be humiliated on their special day. They are part of the problem and they deserve to receive vitriol and malice. Fuck their service and fuck their valor. They dont deserve an autographed ball they deserve one that says “baby killer.”

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    I love trying to view this stuff from the perspective of an outsider because this is so normalized for me as an American, but when you really think about it its genuinely horrifying

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      Non gringo here. Ahem. It’s like if your country was rulled by Jehovah’s Witnesses, or some other religious cult, where the Messiah was the US instead of the magic Jewish boy.

      You’re fucked there. I would run away.

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        It would be nice to get out but there is no hiding from the empire. There is a lot going on here that is very consequencial so best I can do is make myself of service to what is going on here. Its looking bleak tho but we should expect some amount of developed resistance in certain spheres that could be instrumental in challenging imperialism in tandem with whats going on abroad.

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          Sorry for feeling overwhelmed, comrade. You are more brave that I could ever be.

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            I think there is a certain bravery in getting out as well. Absolutely no shade towards comrades and others that decide to leave. We all have reasons for doing what we do.

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        Very defeatist to run away instead of staying to fight for change. My parents are cool and didnt raise me that way anyways, but when you grow up surrounded by the hyperpatriotism and chauvinism from everyone outside your home you never really question why things are the way they are, u know? Just glad I have the capacity to look at it from a disconnected and materialist point of view

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            Sorry, didnt mean to call you defeatist if you had run away, I just think that should be priority 2 rather than priority 1 lol

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              I’m not a US citizen that ran away, just a religion victim that did, lol. My power is to only make people realize what is there and little more, since I am kinda handicapped in more than one sense, so I do as I can haha