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Yeah but no one in the median journalist’s social circle is dying. The change from a draft to a volunteer army was enormous. No one goes to war against their wi
by barry-cotter 8y ago
Yeah but no one in the median journalist’s social circle is dying. The change from a draft to a volunteer army was enormous. No one goes to war against their will anymore. People care much, much less if it’s not their brother, their son, their cousin. And when volunteers come home in a box their family knows they chose to go. Hard to organise a march against war out of people who either have no personal connection to the military or who want to honour the service of the fallen.
- lbotos 8y ago>No one goes to war against their will anymore. <snark> Please tell that to the kids that are enlisting so they can actually afford to go to college in the US. </snark> I know there is a difference between drafting and enlistment, but I know there are a lot of people in the military because it was "the way out" of their situation.
- nerpderp82 8y agoAdvantages to having chronic structural income inequality? A not insignificant proportion of the US military is foreign. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hispanics_in_the_United_States_Marine_Corps#Hispanic_immigrants_in_the_Marine_Corps https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hispanics_in_the_United_States...