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Rational, civilized, allowed, even demanded and encouraged form of a rite of passage, without risking his life. And, not always, but mostly without ruining one's health. In the past, it would have been war. Back in 1914, during the Battle of the Fronts, they were gladly mowed down by the thousands. https://medium.com/war-is-boring/sebastian-junger-knows-why-young-men-go-to-war-f163804cbf6 https://medium.com/war-is-boring/sebastian-junger-knows-why-... Of course, you can't keep wasting countless workers, often trained at great expense. Nor do you have to. Modern wars don't need armies of millions. Oh, and it's profitable. Just as it always has been. Be it in business or in war. The demand of youth to prove themselves meets an offer to do so. "War is rich old men protecting their property by sending middle and lower class young men to die. It's always been that way." George Carlin In peacetime, it is simply more economically rational to win glory on the battlefield called The Office. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0386676/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0386676/ Sure, they make you do it, but you want it too, right?