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Troops and marines deeply troubled by LA deployment: ‘Morale is not great’
(www.theguardian.com)
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Military recruitment is actually really insidious. They actively target low income areas with the promise of paying for college. They find people who they can convince, maybe rightly so, that they have no other option if they want to leave their impoverished life. People who live in a place where there are no jobs. Kids who are living in houses that struggle to put food on the table.
Whether it's right or wrong. A lot of those soldiers may genuinely feel like they had no other choice but to sign up.
A lot of these soldiers are going to be late teens and early 20s. Essentially kids.
For sure! Help those simple minded kids get out when they get the slightest smell of “this ain’t right.”
Remind them all that THIS is not worth a lifetime of regret even if it does mean you can preboard your delta flight back to FL to see your grandkids.
Send them to https://girightshotline.org/
But don't say they don't have decency because the 'volunteered.' The military is exploiting them too.
I suppose that was indeed a little harsh and reactionary of me. They are, indeed, working class people. I may not respect their choice, or the system that exploits them, and the ones that “push back” can go fuck themselves.
But you are right. Compassion for those “waking up” is important!
Thanks for the link!
There is a reason the military (in multiple countries) has been called the "employer of last resort".
They're always recruiting, and will take almost anyone who can't find any other job.