>My father "freely" made his "choice" to work for a steel mill (which
>was one of the best blue-collar jobs in his time), and my mother for
>supermarkets, nursing home cafeterias, and the like. All
>working-class choices are such "free choices," of which the "choice"
>of joining the military is but one.
RIght. THe American working class is never gung-ho patriotic, and never identifies with the empire.
Doug