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If, at this point, any trans person wanted to risk their life for this country, they probably just banned the most loyal human beings in the world.

[-] tanisnikana@lemmy.world 20 points 3 days ago

I just wanna lay down. I’m tired.

[-] HappyFrog 11 points 3 days ago

Please explain to me, why why would anyone want to join the us military?

[-] hildegarde 29 points 3 days ago

The military is a jobs program that many people are eligible for, who might not be able to get work elsewhere. There's a reason that the military has many lower income and minority members, and why paying for a college education is such an important part of the compensation. If you have better options you should take those, but many don't.

The idea that the US has a volunteer military is mostly propaganda. This country does a lot economic coercion to drive recruitment.

[-] HappyFrog 8 points 3 days ago

Damn, having the military be a substitute to social security is fucked.

[-] hildegarde 7 points 3 days ago

few words are more apt to describe the united states

[-] Zorsith 19 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Half the recruitment is deeply ingrained multi generational "patriotism" (nationalism), the other half is desperation; the lack of social programs in the US is by design, to draw people to the benefits they'll get from the military (education, healthcare, housing, etc).

[-] randombullet@programming.dev 7 points 3 days ago

Because it's the biggest socialist corporation in America

[-] HappyFrog 4 points 3 days ago

Wild statement. Putting "socialist" and "corporation" next to each other... especially when talking about a military.

[-] Ithral 10 points 3 days ago

That's how the US military is though oddly enough. It's effectively run very bureaucratically outside combat zones. If everyone wasn't wearing uniforms you could mistake it easily for a regular business operating out of a bunch of run down buildings that offered free housing and healthcare, and if you signed up before 2018 or so and did 20 years you are guaranteed your salary for life. (2018(ish) the military switched to a 401k with match system)

It's a solid social safety net in a country where the other social safety net (social security) doesn't pay enough to live really and the healthcare through Medicare/Medicaid barely takes care of you.

[-] HappyFrog 3 points 3 days ago

I see what you mean, still wild though xD

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