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now sir, you got this one wrong. for intellectually based people (let's assume most college people are), dating with somebody you don't have that much to say is

• gaius 12y ago
  If that is the point the OP is trying to make, then why single out the military? And all that nonsense about the "right wing" (clue: militarism is equally distributed throughout the political spectrum).
  • orbifold 12y ago
    Well I'm speaking of the political spectrum in the German army "http://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article109241172/Weltbild-deutscher-Soldaten-nicht-unproblematisch.html" http://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article109241172/Welt.... According to the linked article 70% are close to the CDU, which can be considered right wing, 14 % have extreme right views. I'm pretty sure similar things could be said about other armies in Europe. Since the American political spectrum is skewed so far to the right, that it's ridiculous it might be true that American soldiers have views more representative of the population.
• Rapzid 12y ago
  I'm not really sure what this has to do with street sweepers, shop workers, manual labourers, or military personnel? Would you care to elaborate?
• Retric 12y ago
  The military attracts plenty of geniuses just like any other large organization. Simply by not admitting the least capable the Army ends up significantly higher IQ than the average high school. Meanwhile 39% of 18- to 24-year-olds and 65.9 of those who graduate high school were enrolled in college, so it's not all that selective. PS: Yes, this means that large numbers of smart people don't think the way you do.