What you get with a woke military on Chinese-owned TikTok:
The US Army is facing a TikTok mutiny as Gen Z recruits are taking to social media to whine about low pay, ‘sh***y’ food and fitness tests.
The brazen posts – by uniformed troops on US bases – represent an audacious challenge to top brass amid a recruitment crisis. The Army fell short of its target by 25 percent last year.
One of the posts by military influencer Anthony Laster slams Army life for having ‘No Privacy, The Pay Sucks, Sh***y Food, Disrespectful Leadership, NO SLEEP!’ and has been viewed more than 600,000 times.
Laster, from Chicago, has more than a million followers on TikTok and made the public comments in uniform while on mission in the desert. (Video)
In another post he claimed he spent his whole day watching TikToks while supposedly fighting the Taliban.
It gives a woeful impression of America’s fighting forces to potential recruits, which is likely to cause further animosity toward TikTok from critics.
Politicians from both sides have concerns about the platform’s links with China and accuse it of pushing subversive anti-US propaganda.
The traditional allure of military recruitment is failing to register with Gen Z.
Last year only 9 percent of young people ages 16-21 said they would consider military service, according to Pentagon data, sliding 13 percent from before the pandemic.
The military has faced criticism for using ‘woke’ advertising campaigns focused on diversity, equity and inclusion as well as drag shows for troops, to appeal to Gen Z.
The Army is in the middle of a five-year plan to become a ‘model example of diversity, equality and inclusion’, with the blessing of the White House. . . . (read the rest and see the videos on The Daily Mail)
Gen Z U.S. Soldiers Engaged in ‘TikTok Mutiny,’ Discouraging Army Recruits (Breitbart News, 17 DEC 23)
‘Pay Sucks, Sh*tty Food’: Gen Z Army Recruits Take To TikTok To Complain (Daily Caller, 17 DEC 23)
What the People Are Saying
Some comments from these articles:
“Cry me a river. Spent 20 years in the military when men were men now the military is full of wimps. Sure do hope there is never a war on our soil this country would be doomed.”
“The boys from the south and Midwest will no longer be cannon fodder for a woke military. You can’t expect them to want to die to keep deviants and perverts free to practice their lifestyles. So the most patriotic resource now will have to be drafted. Those southern boys are not going to lay down their lives so that Ben Cardin’s intern can have deviant sex in a senate conference room. The moms and dads of these regions are not going to let their kids serve and I don’t blame them.”
“Well said. There is only so much abuse that decent, patriotic young men and their parents can tolerate before they say, “No more.”
“Every AD troop I’ve spoken with (quite a few as I serve on a local Honor Guard) aren’t reupping. Most say they can’t trust the troop next to them to have their 6, little confidence in leadership and no value in mandated DEI garbage.”
“It has always been this way. Service is Service. You have to want to do it for reasons other than monetary reward or you are going to be really unhappy and not just annoyed. My entire family for generations have Served and all felt good about Serving and the comradery with others in battle to protect their country. They all complained and laughed at the conditions, but the next generation always stood up and served just like the previous ones did. This has all ended and folks are now telling their children and grandchildren to forego Service. The government has made these folks out to be terrorists and dangerous because of their values. This has been and will be a very big mistake made by people who cannot see over their noses. But such is “democracy” I guess. Elections really do have consequences. Some good and some bad. The communists and totalitarians will win this battle with decisions like this one.”
“Many people used to join the military because they felt they were defending the Nation’s borders and the principles that form the foundation of that Nation. Today, they see our borders and principles being attacked from within by those in our own government. That is not good for recruiting.”
“It seems to be the woke that are complaining, but then you have to realize the non-woke were politically purged or kicked out over refusal to take the experimental vaccine. Those were the men and women willing to do their service, not complain and fight if needed. They were offered reenlistment, but have refused that en-mass feeling their rights were violated. The whole thing seems upside down and backwards.”
“I was in the military when they told us to leave. We were too male and too White. F yeah, it’s personal. I wouldn’t care if that military ended up at the bottom of the South China Sea. My only regret would be that the people who did this will be safe in the Pentagon.”
“The woke military leadership told us to leave. They said whiteness has no place in the military and to double down told us to get a shot. So I retired. My kids won’t be going to the military. That’s where the problem is. See, my grandfathers, dad, uncles and brothers were in the military. They’ve lost those people. It will take generations to fix that.”
“You forgot be a soldier first. Thats the deal/agreement made when you CHOSE to try to be a soldier. That part is always first, too many people dont get that, and its necessary!”
“The videos are complaining about the woke. All of the whining in the videos are about feelings, that is battleground of the woke. The military doesn’t care about your feelings. They care about you taking the fight to the enemy and winning. You are not there to be coddled like the infants in the videos seem to think. If those things hurt your feelings, don’t join. It is that simple. The military doesn’t need a bunch of soft fat bodies that cannot meet the physical or mental standards required to do one of the most difficult jobs in the world.”
“I served in the army from 1990 until 2008. I was a cavalry scout and saw action during Desert Storm and then again for OIF. I went to Iraq a total if 4 times and 1 time in Afghanistan. I from the south, Florida, and I joined for basically the reasons u stated. I wanted to do my part for God and Country and to defend those that could not defend themselves. That being said had I known democrats would turn against America and attempt to destroy it and force their nasty anti American hate filled ideology on this country I would have never served in the first place. The worst person this country has produced, the democrats god-king Obama, we elected. Had I known I would have never served. As I see it I wasted 18 years of my life with great risk to my life and have friends that did not come home, all of it was a waste. Friends sacrificed their lives and it was a waste. Men better than any democrat or rino did not die for this. I’m scared to go see them and have to be the one to tell them how their sacrifice means nothing because of ungrateful democrats and an entire generation of kids that can’t even do 50 push ups in 2 minutes. If I could go back in time I would have never enlisted. Never in my worst nightmares did I think I would ever feel like this.”
“Plus they are indoctrinated in school that the US is a bad country. Why would you be willing to sacrifice your life for a bad country?”
“The Air Force lost a fine young man who was fed up with woke leadership. How many more will walk away?”
“I wouldn’t have wanted those whiners in my unit. Always carrying their load. They should be immediately separated with a dishonorable discharge and no post service benefits. If they were to ever attain rank, then they get to make decisions. The likelihood of them rising above E4 with those attitudes are not very high. Did they really not understand what the military is and does? Unfortunately, they represent a large segment of the current under 30 group. Student loan repayment ring a bell? It is THEIR future they are destroying. Good luck chumps.”
“As a vet, I’d counsel the young to stay away as well. Well led militaries do not carelessly throw the lives of their men and women away. That is an ancient axiom going back to Sun Tzu. Given how our wars go now, it’s clear that we do not have a well led military and we won’t anytime soon as the current senior leadership is not held accountable for battlefield failures.”
“Normally, such whiners should get weeded out before finishing training. I have to wonder if the military’s standards have dropped so low as to purposely keep the chaff in with the wheat.”
“My sons came of age during the Obama administration. Their plan, hope, had always been to enlist after their high school graduations. They’d join together having decided upon the Air Force, and had the test scores to accomplish that. They knew, from family members who’d proudly served long term, many having retired from one branch or another, the pay would be crap and the work beyond hard and even life threatening during time of war, but the benefits, to include a great sense of accomplishment and pride in so having well served God and Country, would out weigh the temporary hardships. But when the time came to actually enlist I discouraged them, as did many in the family who’d served. Then was not the time. Better to wait to serve under a President who revered God and Nation. That man was not Obama who gave far greater allegiance to blood thirsty Islam than to Judeo Christianity and who was so hard pressed to change the very principled foundations this once great country was founded upon.”
“The military I saw in 2005-2013 was in moderate shape. Since then, events and agendas have utterly destroyed troop morale, cohesion, and training. To join now is a bad idea; you may know, for instance that the military has lowered the ASVAB qualification score to ’10’. Many of those who go in now are simple opportunists, with no discipline and no ability to be trained; those are the service members that you are asking your son or neighbor’s son to entrust his life to.”
“Our only hope is to clear out all the dead weight in the Pentagon. They do not seem to have victory set as the priority.”
“Would you want any of those 3 in your squad if you were an E4 or below? The achieving soldier would be carrying their load, figuratively, as well as their own. They would sandbag and complain if there were repercussions for not meeting standards.
Those whining nancy boys need to be separated from service with a dishonorable and no post service benefits.”
“Yeah, I am in the military, until I retire in two years, and come from many forefathers that have fought for the US as well as the Revolutionary War and for the Confederacy. My son wanted to join the military so I told him that he will learn more about life while continuing to work the job that he has, working on a farm. Needless to say, I discouraged him to join the military. The military is more concerned about leftist politics than training to kill people and break things!!!”
“I’m a (Cold War/GWOT) veteran Had my seabags packed and ready when the Iranian Hostage Crisis occurred. Come from long line of veterans. My son is in the Navy reserve. My Family has been in every conflict since the Revolution. I find myself telling young people of my community now days to stay away from the military. Something I would have never thought I would. Something is broken with our leadership Civilian AND Military.”
“Who would have thought an app backed by the CCP and pushed by the American Communist Marxist left would be used to affect morale and enlistment of the US Armed forces……I’m shocked shocked I tell you.”
“We, of the past generations, joined to fight for ideals, and we believed the Constitutional ideals were far better than the alternatives provided by the Soviets. And then we elected leaders and had school systems that espoused the ideals of Communism, and actively worked to undermine the Constitution. So, for what would a young person fight? The military is not for everybody, but if one cannot see the ideals for what one is fighting, then why volunteer? This is a failure of leadership, a failure of politicians, and a failure of culture.”
“Nobody joins the military for good food and easy hours. Many people join the military because they love their country and the idea of serving it makes them proud. Unfortunately the Biden Administration has done such damage to the military that patriotic American loving people don’t want to be part of the woke mess they have created.”
“My son didn’t re-enlisted because of Biden, and the whole DEI, Women in men’s barracks, and various HR “sermons” he had to deal with.”
“What we are seeing is 100 % psychological warfare. Our military has been demoralized to such an extent it is no longer combat ready. If 60% of active duty personnel are overweight and reluctant to fight even going so far as to public voice their disappointment that means our enemy has won.”
“If diversity is our strength, why do we have to keep lowering our standards to achieve it?”
“When you have demonized the part of the country that has fought for it for generations and loved it, this is what you get.”
“The backbone of the military is young white men from farms and small towns particularly in the South. Now veterans are advising their sons not to enlist, a catastrophic break with tradition. Recruitment ads targeted low achieving minorities and s e xual deviants, enlistment plunged, and now they’re recalibrating and trying to recruit young wihte men once again but these men are not having it.”
“The CCP is winning, and not a shot fired yet.”
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