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  • FlakesBongler [they/them]
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    6 months ago

    Also, poor kids are more willing to join the military because they sell it as a way to escape the drudgery

    • Pandantic [they/them]@midwest.social
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      6 months ago

      And guess what else those states have? Poor education systems, which make for more low-income workers. And also health care! Once you’re at retirement, you’re no good to the system - in fact, you’re a drain!

    • Mokey [none/use name]
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      6 months ago

      The thing is that if you fuck the kids over too much, theyre too stupid and unhealthy to join. Its just another idiotic american capitalist contradiction

      • FlakesBongler [they/them]
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        6 months ago

        Yep, but after a certain point, they just want bodies

        Once had a recruiter literally tell me that they basically just want people who can hold a rifle and not shoot the other troops

        • Mokey [none/use name]
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          6 months ago

          Military recruiters are fucking idiots and honestly not the arbiter of who get in or not, all they do is try to get people interested and to processing to see if they can actually join or not

      • FlakesBongler [they/them]
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        6 months ago

        Wait until they're on the can

        I haven't met the man who can outrun a grenade with their pants around their ankles