Spatchcock
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I have never been able to understand any of this.
We are told our whole lives that we must contribute to society and be productive members of society. We must obey the law, we must pay our taxes, we must wait for the light to turn green before crossing, we must do all our homework and get good grades, piercings and tattoos are dirty and not expressions of inner identity etc.
So here we have these people who are affected by these social norms and expectations so strongly that they sign on to be abused and treated like garbage for at least for years. In this time they are not paid well and are expected to place their lives on the line and potentially die for what the government says society needs.
Also during this time they are not allowed a sense of individuality they are to conform extremely and show no traits that could encourage a breakdown of discipline and order.
After their time in the military, nothing is waiting for them. They get no special benefits and if they fail to separate properly from the military they are a national security issue and a threat to order and rank of the military (eg, look at how seriously the ADF took being in the same camera frame as a politician talking party politics this week). If you are in the military you are not allowed to express a political opinion. You are apolitical. You are not allowed to allow anyone to infer that the military has or encourages a political opinion. Also if you are ex military and talk that up in a political way, and you are shaping the electorates opinion and allowing them to assume that the military is of xyz mindset, you will get a visit from ASIO.
So here we have people prepared to give all, who are mistreated for years to keep them on the urge of sanity to have them prepared to unleash the beast and all that pent up anger, who are given nothing when they leave.
They can't even have an identity. Visible tattoos and normal hair is banned. They can't socialise with their mates if they are one rank different.
There is nothing waiting for them. They get no thanks or special benefits for what they did.
And then you turn around and look at society.
There are people dealing drugs, with facial tattoos and piercings driving Ferrari's and being celebrated in popular culture as cool. People who are against everything we are supposed to tolerate in society.
And the police allow these charades to continue and call it an "ongoing investigation".
So it looks like this:
If you are prepared to die for Australia you get nothing.
If you are involved with organised crime and hate Australia and are linked with Russian, Chinese, North Korean and Syrian organised crime and have links with those governments, you can live a life of money, drink, drugs, women, cars, clothes.
If you are a wealthy entrepreneur who has exploited the needs of the population, and made millions off working class people, the government has all kinds of benefits for you, including tax dodges.
That's what it is. That's what happens. And meanwhile the values of society are changing in such a way that instead of being compared to ANZACS, soon Australian soldiers will be compared to mass murderers.
What our government does to ensure internal security is insane. The people who are there for them are treated like dog poo, to make sure they develop no long term desire to identify with the government and pose a threat of being a parallel institution or subverting legitimacy, whereas the enemy and those who exploit humanity for benefit are given whatever they want.
This is Australia.
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