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RedFrank24@lemmy.world 6 days ago
The only time I would give a military discount would be if you are a military member that meets the following criteria:
- You were conscripted for a defensive war OR
- You volunteered (as in you weren’t paid) to fight a defensive war
Warl0k3@lemmy.world 5 days ago
As I understand it, it came from the military essentially dumping vietnam vets in the woods and letting the local communities figure out what to do with them. It’s been co-opted to some degree, especially by the larger chains, but most of the local businesses near me keep up the practice because the military traps the uneducated into contracts that pay far less than poverty wages. It’s is a way of maintaining some measure of goodwill between local communities and military bases, and it’s looking more and more likely that we’re going to need every scrap of good feeling we can get as this slow descent into fascism continues…