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do u think people join the US military out of financial desperation or is that a lie (lemmygrad.ml)
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”can we blame people who torture puppies if they do it to get the money?”

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[–] pyromaiden@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It does happen, primarily in non-white & immigrant communities, but not to the point that it's a serious talking point.

Most U.S. military personnel come from families that have some kind of money. Not rich or even bourgeoisie most of the time, just not struggling financially.

[–] stink@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 4 months ago

I knew a few guys who enlisted after high school:

  1. Practically forced by his mother to enlist
  2. Got a girl pregnant and enlisted soon after
  3. Tried to be a fitness influencer then enlisted when that didn't work out
  4. Was in JROTC / was WASP as could be, whole family had a military career, went to some military institute after

#3 was the same guy in our US Government class to say that we should start wars whenever our economy starts to do poorly