I was, briefly, involved with the Air Force before educating myself on Marxism and was in a rare fortunate position where I could refuse further involvement and simply walk away without having really contributed to the imperial agenda or caused any immiseration.
I say this only to preface that while, shit yeah, Reddit is an op utilized by these intelligence groups within the government you also should know and remember that your average Air Force officer or NCO is a redditor of the HIGHEST ORDER. You will not find such terminally online militant atheist liberal rules based order Mueller Report fanboy Mass Effect Wiki contributors outside the hollowed halls of your nearest MENSA chapter as you will in the officers club of any Air Force Base. Especially pilots. They truly are the modern “knights of the air” down to having all the weird online neuroticism you would expect from an American aristocracy because they are all from money or intergenerational military bluebloods.
These people are nerds, folks, and sickos. And when your time comes even if they turn red they will STILL be worthy of locker shoving. I think that’s important to remember.
because they are all from money or intergenerational military bluebloods
Weird, and here I thought moneybags wouldn’t go anywhere near someplace that might require physicality and/or even hypothetical danger (outside of drugs). But then I guess there’s nothing more moneybag than gleefully bombing people with drones and helis.
It’s, with no exaggeration, exactly the same motivation as aristocratic noble failsons wanting to become a knight. Do you have any idea how many fucking people it takes to support a pilot? The mechanics, the weathermen, the intelligence agents, the logistics, practically every job in the Air Force not a pilot might as well be squires helping their knighted lord suit up his armor and carry his sword.
It gives them a sense of thrill and superiority that no one else can afford, qualifying to become a pilot and getting selected for training through inter-generational contacts and referrals. Its obviously the number one top position everyone wants in the military these days, just from the “cool factor” of flying a supersonic multi-million-dollar fighter jet entrusted to one specific pilot. They think of themselves as the most noble position in the military that everyone else must wait before they are graced with their glory. They bravely charge into battle in a fighter jet like a mounted soldier, except instead of cutting down peasant levy with no armor its dropping napalm bombs on civilians from the air with no fear of reprisal.
The idea of the hot shot rebel pilot was made, originally, because aviation was seen as disruptive to the traditional military nobility like the cavalry or the admiralty. So it was mostly poor, brave volunteers that didn’t fit with the standard bourgeoisie militarists. They were basically allowed to pioneer the technology because it was seen as too dangerous by the bluebloods, and a great way of killing off the people that didn’t come from that classist structure so they don’t rise through the ranks. After WW2 though when the technology was proven, sure as shit all the bluebloods flooded into the space and muscled out the original culture that was originally made up of mostly working class farmboys. They immediately coopted the aesthetics, merged it with their aristocratic bullshit, and they’ve been coasting off that stolen legacy and Top Gun ever since.
I was, briefly, involved with the Air Force before educating myself on Marxism and was in a rare fortunate position where I could refuse further involvement and simply walk away without having really contributed to the imperial agenda or caused any immiseration.
I say this only to preface that while, shit yeah, Reddit is an op utilized by these intelligence groups within the government you also should know and remember that your average Air Force officer or NCO is a redditor of the HIGHEST ORDER. You will not find such terminally online militant atheist liberal rules based order Mueller Report fanboy Mass Effect Wiki contributors outside the hollowed halls of your nearest MENSA chapter as you will in the officers club of any Air Force Base. Especially pilots. They truly are the modern “knights of the air” down to having all the weird online neuroticism you would expect from an American aristocracy because they are all from money or intergenerational military bluebloods.
These people are nerds, folks, and sickos. And when your time comes even if they turn red they will STILL be worthy of locker shoving. I think that’s important to remember.
Weird, and here I thought moneybags wouldn’t go anywhere near someplace that might require physicality and/or even hypothetical danger (outside of drugs). But then I guess there’s nothing more moneybag than gleefully bombing people with drones and helis.
It’s, with no exaggeration, exactly the same motivation as aristocratic noble failsons wanting to become a knight. Do you have any idea how many fucking people it takes to support a pilot? The mechanics, the weathermen, the intelligence agents, the logistics, practically every job in the Air Force not a pilot might as well be squires helping their knighted lord suit up his armor and carry his sword.
It gives them a sense of thrill and superiority that no one else can afford, qualifying to become a pilot and getting selected for training through inter-generational contacts and referrals. Its obviously the number one top position everyone wants in the military these days, just from the “cool factor” of flying a supersonic multi-million-dollar fighter jet entrusted to one specific pilot. They think of themselves as the most noble position in the military that everyone else must wait before they are graced with their glory. They bravely charge into battle in a fighter jet like a mounted soldier, except instead of cutting down peasant levy with no armor its dropping napalm bombs on civilians from the air with no fear of reprisal.
The idea of the hot shot rebel pilot was made, originally, because aviation was seen as disruptive to the traditional military nobility like the cavalry or the admiralty. So it was mostly poor, brave volunteers that didn’t fit with the standard bourgeoisie militarists. They were basically allowed to pioneer the technology because it was seen as too dangerous by the bluebloods, and a great way of killing off the people that didn’t come from that classist structure so they don’t rise through the ranks. After WW2 though when the technology was proven, sure as shit all the bluebloods flooded into the space and muscled out the original culture that was originally made up of mostly working class farmboys. They immediately coopted the aesthetics, merged it with their aristocratic bullshit, and they’ve been coasting off that stolen legacy and Top Gun ever since.
Thank you