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More people are joining the military. A shaky US job market could be boosting the numbers.
(www.businessinsider.com)
this post was submitted on 07 Sep 2025
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π: "Soooo America, why did you start that war?"
πΊπ²: "idk man...I suddenly had all these guys sitting around and it kinda started getting a bit expensive π€·ββοΈ,"
This is the exact reason the Continental Army was disbanded after the revolution, to prevent this from happening.
The US constitution implies we're not meant to have a peacetime army. It gives congress powers to "raise" an army and "raise and maintain" a navy.