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"Not to put too fine a point on it, but the current system depends on keeping a cadre of people on the financial hairy edge so that they can be coerced into doi
by pmoriarty 6y ago
"Not to put too fine a point on it, but the current system depends on keeping a cadre of people on the financial hairy edge so that they can be coerced into doing the actual work."
Not just to do the work, but also to do the dying.
Enlisting in the military is often a resort of financially destitute people who don't see many other options.
- brewdad 6y agoIt's not something most people want to admit given the US worship of our veterans but the military in the past 40 years has largely been a successful jobs program.
- pmoriarty 6y ago"the military in the past 40 years has largely been a successful jobs program" Well, among other things, like participating in mass murder.
- bassman9000 6y agoIt's not something most people want to admit I think it's pretty well known and understood. Not only a successful jobs program: a training/education one too, and the prime social ladder.