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It apparently has meaning to potential recruits if they've been staying away in droves, as it were.
by panzagl 4y ago
It apparently has meaning to potential recruits if they've been staying away in droves, as it were.
- nyc_data_geek1 4y agoMaybe the incentives don't align with possibly being forced to die in the front lines of world war three? Military recruits tend to be younger folks, and if you haven't noticed they aren't particularly enamored with the state as it stands today.
- _djo_ 4y agoRecruiting has been a challenge for decades, and virtually all other volunteer militaries in developed countries are facing the same issues despite having very different cultural backgrounds and norms. So that's unlikely to be the cause.
- ljlolel 4y agoTikTok and Tinder bringing about World Peace
- Loughla 4y agoAlternate theory to woke ideology keeping recruits away: An endless war that maimed and killed thousands of troops in Afghanistan that ended up being for literally zero reason.
- csb6 4y agoThere are innumerable factors that go into people deciding to join the military. What makes you think “wokeness” is the reason for declining recruitments? Why not stronger labor markets or the end of major wars in Iraq and Afghanistan?