This is about the fact that indigenous people make up a disproportionate amount of the military population
But when talking to people in general, how do you open dialogue with not just indigenous, but also black and Latino/Chicano veterans and younger people trying to join? A lot of people are lured in by poverty, others are looking for discipline or they have strict families who try to force/impose it.
Is there any advice on having these conversations? I believe it’s important to be respectful and mature about it, to not go on lecturing and complaining.
Frankly, participation is its own punishment, especially if you’re non-white
When talking to people who don’t care about the victims of militarism or the consequences of their actions, the only course of action is to appeal to their self-interest and trust me it doesn’t take much to get service members to recognize they’re literally being destroyed physically and mentally, again especially if they’re non-white