• @[email protected]
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    8 days ago

    Why. The fuck. Would anyone, Millennial or younger join the US military these days? To fight for oil overseas, while the world is burning? To be the arm of our corrupt politicians? To defend all the houses we will never afford? To protect a populace that yearns for fascism?

    • @disguy_ovahea
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      508 days ago

      The prospects of room, board, health insurance, and a pension are more than enough to entice someone with no better options.

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        8 days ago

        lmao, who believes you’ll get any of that and not the post nam treatment

        I’ve met so many disabled vets suffering and the va/benefits keep getting worse

    • @[email protected]
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      158 days ago

      The nearly free housing, healthcare, and potential for a pension are all decent incentives. Basically everything people want for normal us citizens are provided to the military.

      Barring, of course, active duty members who have to deal with deployment and location assignments.

    • @Death_Equity
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      118 days ago

      Free college. Depending on where you live; better parking(purple heart), no property tax, unlimited handshakes, and the ability to stare into the middle distance and white-knuckle any moment you are left with your thoughts.

    • The Assman
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      98 days ago

      You know most enlisted aren’t in combat roles right? My brother did ten years behind a desk, ended up with an awesome career and got to travel the world for free.

      • @[email protected]
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        28 days ago

        Huh? I didn’t mention a single thing about combat roles or personal danger. If you join the military, you’re supporting their agenda…

        • @[email protected]M
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          68 days ago

          You’re fun, but this is NCD, it’s all military defense jokey jokes. The only civilian defense we take seriously is Mr. Park and the Roof Koreans. You’re not really here, with these filthy rave babies, to persuade them not to join the military? It’s far too late for many commenters here, they already have bad knees and a discharge in their rearview mirrors. Try to get some perspective on your audience before you start your Ted Talk.

        • @[email protected]
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          48 days ago

          Hard to find a way to make a living without supporting an unethical agenda, unfortunately.

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            8 days ago

            Yup. The company I work for is a bit less unethical than many others. Nobody’s perfect though, and we have a yearly remembrance for people we’ve killed over the years.

        • DaGeek247
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          Name five companies you can work for that don’t have an unethical agenda.

        • @[email protected]
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          38 days ago

          If you work for just about any corporation in the US, you are supporting an equally repugnant agenda.

          Welcome to Capitalism.

        • The Assman
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          8 days ago

          I didn’t mention a single thing about combat roles or personal danger

          To fight

          To be the arm

          To defend

          To protect

          Do you not know what any of those terms mean

    • @[email protected]M
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      68 days ago

      Tax free liquor and tobacco? 3 meals a day? It was a good enough reason for granpappy to leave the still down in the holler.