I did, and it was a mistake.
It is quite literally risking your life in order to establish and secure resource chains for the western oligarch class, for the privilege of going to school to be one of the oligarch’s slightly higher paid underclass.
Despite all the cringe posters, there is no honor to be had in the modern military of the last 50 years. Like so much else, our military works in service to the interests of our owner class through our captured and well-bribed government. They’ve destabilized entire governments solely to improve commerce with the capitalist regime that replaces the last one.
One thing I am certain of, Constitutionality be damned, if the American citizenry ever does wise up and rise up against our owners, our military will be turned on us and kill as many citizens of this “society” as it takes to protect our beloved economy. 99% of soldiers will follow their paychecks and the promised safety of their families on secure bases and pull the trigger on us, too.
That’s what happens when you let the growth/metastasis of your economy take precident over the good of your society aka its citizens as we did so very long ago. An economy is meant to be a lowly tool to better distribute goods and services for the benefit of the society it serves, just fyi.
Coast guard and space force exists and circumnavigates all that bs. Same benefits
Reserves too I think? Idk if they do much killing
Only space aliens
I would join the space force if there were cool stuff like starships and space Marines. But we aren’t there yet so we can’t do cool stuff like fighting alien bugs and doing our part.
But I’m also too old so probably not.
Economic collapse after the reserve currency is switched away from the dollar through dedollarisation is likely to happen first. Won’t be able to dodge the next financial crisis by printing infinite money.
I’ve had a VERY different experience lol. You probably shouldn’t have joined the army
Your comment doesn’t even make sense in the context of what OP wrote. They didn’t talk about their personal experience at all really. It was more a universal take about awakening to the role of the military in the modern age. I guess, unfortunately for humanity, you are the perfect candidate to wear a uniform.
Why so hostile?
There’s a much better version of this joke, to which I believe was the original, with the DiCaprrio meme from Django where he’s far away and hears the first line
Drastic zoom in (military recruiters)
You will?
I wish that we were better as a nation both about pricing college and about advertising the resources available to go to college at a discounted price. It’s no coincidence after all that we all know the Army’s an option.
It’s literally the only reason I joined up after high school. I enjoyed my time, but I wouldn’t have joined up if college weren’t a factor.
I sometimes wish I had joined.
I never had any discipline in my life. Literally none.
My grandmother killed herself when my mom was 4, so she wasn’t raised. She was tossed around from place to place until she was 16 and had me.
I dropped out of high school at 14 and did odd jobs to help my mom.
I had no social skills, no concept of workplace competition, and I pretty much had no options in Appalachia.
I spent 80% of my childhood alone in my room avoiding people and playing guitar when I wasn’t out trying to get resources to feed my family.
My brother joined, became an aviation technician, got the discipline he needed, and he’s doing well.
Ultimately I’m very happy with my life as it is, but I really really needed discipline.
I get why people do it, especially when they come from nothing.
It was the only reason I joined (reserves) too. Finished college and got a good paying job in one contract and never “re-upped.” It saved me from a life of factory work. I’m the only one of my workmates that doesn’t have college debt.
Got me some free college, didn’t have to kill anyone directly… Indirectly I probably did…
