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Playing video games and receiving welfare while living with the parents is probably not a bad choice for those with few opportunities. I would not want to do de
by tootahe45 5y ago
Playing video games and receiving welfare while living with the parents is probably not a bad choice for those with few opportunities. I would not want to do dead-end jobs just to never be able to own my own home and have a wife and children etc.
- peakaboo 5y agoIt's almost as if we collectively decided to not eat shit anymore. The way society is structured is currently exactly like classic slavery for a certain class of people, and this needs to stop.
- tootahe45 5y agoThe lower class of today is out of luck due to immigration and globalization. Very different to previous generations who had significant leverage when they decided not to work and often got offered great benefits/higher wages after collectively withholding their labor.
- ThePadawan 5y agoI'm not trying to offend when I ask this... ...but hasn't this audience been the primary audience for military recruiters? Promise more-or-less young and healthy men a chance to get out of their shitty home town, earn some money, and maybe a paid education?
- nradov 5y agoYes but the military doesn't take just anyone. A large fraction of young men fail to meet enlistment standards due to obesity, health conditions, criminal record, illegal drug use, or lack of a high school diploma.
- ThePadawan 5y agoHow delightfully ironic.
- curryst 5y agoI think a lot of people are disillusioned in the military. There wasn't a lot of support for the last wars we've been in among young people, and most people are aware of the hardships veterans can face. There are benefits, but I think many people feel they aren't worth the risk of death or PTSD. I don't blame them, I wouldn't want to get shot at for $20k/year either.