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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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[–] Carl@hexbear.net 0 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

It's definitely a real thing, but it should be noted that some of the recruitment criteria filter out the actual poorest people in the country in subtle ways (you know, the requirements that they drop whenever they need more bodies), and in practice most of the professional military has always been from the middle class.