• bthest@lemmy.world
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    20 hours ago

    They wouldn’t dare risk their pensions or their cushy post retirement job at a military contractor corporation.

    But don’t worry. When and if this regime falls, they’re going to write SO MANY books about patriotism and fighting the good fight and how they secretly hated having to mulch all those civilian protesters and how it’s unfair to put them on trial for following orders.

    • ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world
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      23 hours ago

      I used to work for a software company that spent its time chasing military contracts. We had a whole corridor with offices for the retired colonels we had hired who never came into work. I had a friend in HR so I knew what everybody in the company made; the colonels all made in the neighborhood of $200,000 a year. Not a bad no-work gig at all, especially when that money was on top of their pensions. I can’t imagine the kind of money the fucking generals and admirals pull.

      Us programmers used to sneak into the colonels’ offices to “work” – which really meant “nap” – confident that we would be undisturbed. I especially liked it because I didn’t have to hold in my farts.