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0 pointsfleitz14y ago0 comments

Yeah, the guys who aren't PMCs are doing the same thing except for the "dulce et decorum est" reasons instead of the cash.

People don't sign up for the military because they really think it's sweet and fitting to die for one's country, they sign up for the military because it's how they get into college or out of their shitty 2000 person town.

I dated a girl who served, one day when I was ranting about recruiters working high schools and the unfairness of being recruited after exposure to 12 years government hype, and she said to me "You know, the army is what got me out of <podunk town>"

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pstuart14y ago· 1 in thread

Yep, but it's a shame that was the only option available.

javert14y ago

There is another option: the public university system. In most states, it's very cheap (re: you can work to pay for it), especially given financial aid.

Now, many high schoolers do not consider this to be an option for them (i.e., not the "learning" type). Figuring out why that happens to so many people is a harder question.

gnosis14y ago

I wonder how many Iraqis or Afghanis died as a result of that noble choice to become a gun for hire.

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