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You solution is to give socially failing and disgruntled young men who're mad at the world, professional military training and weapons?
by notepad0x90 1y ago
You solution is to give socially failing and disgruntled young men who're mad at the world, professional military training and weapons?
- lotsofpulp 1y agoWhat better way to incentivize young people to care about elections? Would US voters have reveled in invading Iraq on flimsy premises if their own kids were at risk? Also, armed services can participate in humanitarian missions along with the military training. Right now, there is no country. Everyone is doing their own thing, perfectly content letting the lower classes do the dirty work.
- notepad0x90 1y agoDon't get me wrong, I support mandatory military service, but for everyone. not just whiny people who call themselves "incels". It will solve many critical social issues we have in the US.
- lotsofpulp 1y agoYes, I guess I inferred a universal mandate.
- anovikov 1y agoAfter going through military service, they will be a lot less failing and a lot less disgruntled. Plus, they could be kept there for a very long time and when the military is very large, very experienced due to long service years, and is comprised of people with no positive life experiences and no positive expectations of civilian life - so after a short initial adaptation period, no longer longing to return to it - it can be used to do many beneficial things, such as building actual empires, squashing authoritarians worldwide, building contiguous, continent-wide spaces free for borderless trade and investment.
- const_cast 1y agoThat's what we did for all of human history. We kind of just kill men, their lives aren't very important in the grand scheme of society. The best thing a lot of men can do is die for some cause.