It is a joke, just a different kind

I don't have kids, but if I did, I sure as fuck wouldn't raise them to join the military. I saw though that shit after 9/11.

The real joke is the folks reaction

Yep. But they won't. Go to the conservative subreddit. They are fucking LOVING it.

Who cares about raping kids? We're getting RICH!

Honestly I like this take. Keep saying it. Better than every other moron coming in asking Democrats to do something.

They are ride or die and so far he has done little they're not enjoying.

Brutal. 😢

What a better world you're imagining.

I work with 100% veterans and active duty. I have thousands of clients, all veterans or active duty.

The vast majority of people do not join because of family tradition. The vast majority join for the absolutely insane benefits that come along with service.

Many of them also join because it is basically their only/best option.

There is a draft. Every man in the country is signed up for it. They just haven't used it since Vietnam.

Steal away, Brosef Stalin.

When the rich wage war it's the poor who die.

I’ve felt this way before, but I also wonder if I would have had kids in another life where the world wasn’t so fucked. I feel occasionally that I was robbed of parenthood by our current state of things.

People are heavily propagandized to from a very young age. For example, GI Joe. Hundreds of other examples as well. They want to shape kids that think of the military as good and benevolent.

Cause some people are psychos. Like I understand if a poor kid has no other means to get out of their situation and thus joins the army. But there are many middle class families with several generations of high ranking service members. These people are just straight up psycho, they have all the inside knowledge of what the military actually does and they still force their kids to join the military academy.

IME, unless it's for papers and whatnot, it's usually because your brain doesn't work so you have no options outside of it (and your brain is so atrophied that morality is not considered either).

In a country with no universal healthcare it's a way to get free/cheap healthcare as well as other perks... until you get deployed, then that excuse no longer flies.

Soon enough they'll require military service to vote.

I like your style.

Overkill is the new kill

Fixed it for you.

No but they might be drafted in the pedophile autocrats decide so.

When will NATO do regime change for the U.S.

Help us please.

I don't know if that will be true for much longer. I think people's attitudes on american military worship might be beginning to change, starting yesterday. I'm already seeing a boatload of it.

¡caliente!

They're not going into this war is the point.

One of Netanyahu’s sons was a press officer behind the lines, but the other was with combat intelligence at the front. 

Israel is different in this regard. Everybody serves in the army. It’s also a small country. The military Is closely woven into society. The IDF is not a professional army, but mostly made up of reservists who are called up as needed. That means the political leaders will know people personally who have to fight.

What unit you serve in can make a big difference for your later success in life. Combat units, special forces, Air Force, and intelligence have the highest prestige.

Politicians benefit immensely in their credibility, if they have a distinct military career. 

Lol yes im sure he wasn't taken care of during his "service" get that blue and white boot deep boy does it taste elite?

Your comment was reported for "threatening violence"

I disagree. You're encouraging action in accordance with the Constitution

A couple of things.

First, that was mostly a conservative fantasy. They pretended to be waiting for a corrupt government because they were big and manly. Most of the "left" (I mean, you know, left of Republicans) wanted gun control ranging from sensible roadblocks to an outright ban.

Second, no matter whose fantasy it was, it was going to be a fantasy once modern war machines were invented. Let's say I go get a semi automatic rifle. Convert it to automatic. Build IEDs and homemade grenades. But the second drones start dropping bombs on my house I'm fucked, as are my family, probably my neighbors, my friends, and anyone in close contact.

I'm not saying this to be defeatist. I'm not saying this to try to prove you wrong. This is what it was for. But this ain't gonna get the job done with the modern state of technology and the people in charge being walled away from the general population. I don't know exactly what the answer is but I'm open to suggestions.