My fellow retards,
Paeans to jingoism and in-group bias are the flavor-of-the-weekend in the good old US of A. In between booze and barbecue are obligatory moments of silence, perfect to contemplate your next fly-by of the spread. Never forget the ranch.
Half-mast flags and half-assed thank-you’s “for your service” paint a picture of unity and respect for the sacrifices of those who have been entrusted to fight and die in Uncle Sam’s name. Does “used an x-box controller to kill a bunch of brown people" deserve *less* than half-off apps and well drinks?
In almost all cases, phon/ongod would council phrens to not get caught up in the hype. Both hyper-patriotism and reactionary-nihilism are trash ideologies—a coward’s responses to prevalent social currents.
In the claimed-spirit of the Amerimutt’s Memorial Day, phon/ongod takes this moment to relate a story of valor that is often overlooked during celebrations of American military glory:
Hugh Thompson Jr. was an American helicopter pilot who was flying observation missions during the My Lai massacre. His reaction to American soldiers’ indiscriminate slaughter of women, children, and elderly was to land his helicopter between US forces and pinned-down civilians and instruct his gunners to fire on US troops if they interfered with Hugh’s effort to rescue the Vietnamese.
Thompson’s stand for decency and humanity put an end to the bloody massacre. Twenty-six US servicemen were charged for their roles in the slaughter. All were acquitted. For his valor, Thompson was given a medal with a fake story and sent on high-risk missions to be shot down several times before a back injury earned him a ticket home. It took the US military 30 years to change their stance on Hugh from “fuck this snitch, let’s give him a hard time” to “give the man a real medal, we look bad enough already”.
Phon/ongod takes this moment to honor those who stand for what they believe is right, no matter what it costs them. May Hugh Thompson Jr.’s courage and principle always inform the actions of Phonon DAO as it builds out a better future for all mankind.
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Targets for the marketcap of PHONON DAO remain:
$1b by Q2 2022, $12b by EOY.
On the high end, $300b marketcap in 3 years.