rant · moment 5 of 19
We Need Wars to Thin Out the Population
from #182 - Beware the Villas | The Tim Dillon Show · #182
7 min
A sustained bit arguing, with mock sincerity, that many of his friends and directionless people would be better off dying heroically in a war (Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran) than living aimless lives, complete with "flag on the mantel" and recruiter riffs.
- Tim argues we need wars to thin out the population, suggesting some of his friends should go die in the desert.
- The best version of certain people is as a flag on a mantle inspiring future generations.
- Uncle Gerard now sells CBD instead of being remembered as a war hero—the actual accomplishment matters less than the narrative.
- Tim insists we need a war or population reduction because too many people have no direction or purpose.
- Friends should go to Iraq or Afghanistan and not come back, or come back as a flag—not with PTSD and a pit bull.
- Nobody should join the military shocked about what it really is; you're putting guns in toddlers' faces, not handing out candy.
- Tim pitches an alternate military recruitment pitch: asking high school kids who wants to shoot up the school, then redirecting that talent overseas.
- There are heroic people in the military, but many of Tim's suburban friends need to get killed and never will be.
- The military has done great and not-so-great things, and recruits won't know which they'll end up doing.
- So many people in this country need to be heroes; we should give them a path to heroism through military service and death.
IraqAfghanistanIranmilitary service