Bowling for fascism:social capital and the rise of the nazi party in weimar germany, 1919-33

[Jim Hackett II]

Social "groups" and the rise of group think...

In '76 I was then fresh out of active duty USMC, disabled service connected. Doing my damndest to 1) get a good job and 2) get back to running 1/4 mile AT THE RACE TRACKS. No street racing idiot am I.

I got a post card inviting me to the local VFW lodge.
Had it been the Am. Legion I would have known better than to have anything to do with the Legion - strike breakers and corrupted assholes is all the Legion ever was.

So I went to have my one free beer at the VFW.
I didn't get to finish it.
I was insulted by an old WW2/Korea vet berating my generation for "loosing your war" before I could finish it.

I poured it over the bar and thought for one second about whupping some ass, some dumb old tired ass.
I should have done so. For my own self respect, but I am a better man than the asshole.
Civilians of that time were of NO RESPECT for vets. None at all...

And our Goverment turned its back on the survivors of wars.
Too few recall now the War @ Home, Vets vs. VA (Gainesville Trial)
RRReagun is and was a PUNK as ALL NEOCONS ARE.
Their children do NOT serve.

I never went back to any "fraternal group".
I never joined anything after the USMC.
I retain the freedom of my mind keeping it safe from idiots in fratenal organizations.

I left the VFW "lodge" - leaving serious smoke off my tires and in effect daring the pigs to try and catch me. They could not do so even if they had tried. Those burnout trails are still there to this day.

I got home and smoked a joint and never looked back to my redneck hometown for anything but bullshit.

FWIW.
Jim