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Oh no, they are sad about shooting and exploding civilians heads with their fists? :(
Why did you join the army then?
So they could go to school? Have heathcare? Not starve? Most people in the military fall into two camps:
Are a dumb shithead
Are poor
Many just joined as poor kids (<21) because that was the best or only option for them.
The military is also very good at propagandizing to the youth.
They primarily target young men who don't know what they're going to do with their life, then send them marketing materials (and even officers to their school) trying to tell them how much freedom and travel they'll get if they join, and how it'll build them into big strong well-respected men.
So even for the people who I wouldn't say are dumb or even economically struggling, they can get roped in with false promises of things like the ability to get stronger and do work to help their community be safe, then in actuality just get deployed later on to fight the same people in their community when they protest.