It is not uncommon to hear these days, from government officials and others, that only 1 percent of the population is in the U.S. military but that this 1 percent is fighting for the freedom of the other 99 percent. The truth, however, is this: That 1 percent, in the military, is in reality fighting for the other 1 percent: the big capitalist-imperialists who run this country – who control the economy, the political system, the military, the media, and the other key institutions – and who dominate large parts of the world, wreaking havoc and causing great suffering for literally billions of people. It is the “freedom” of these capitalist-imperialists – their freedom to exploit, oppress, and plunder – that this 1 percent in the military is actually killing and sometimes dying for.
Bob Avakian, Basics 1:5
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