> Until someone runs these numbers, I would suggest that everyone else
> shut up about all the great alternative, non-military options facing
> young men of color in this country, and about how recruits join the
> military out of pure "choice," because economic compulsion couldn't
> possibly be part of the equation. I really do not care to read anymore
> bullshit, sophist apologetics for this racist society along the lines of
> the Heritage Foundation. Thanks.
Lacny, do you get this garbage straight from the offices of the Democratic Party?
Everybody can see that poor people, especially Americans, have a choice in the matter. As others have pointed out, they aren't a bunch of ignorant, helpless victims that need to be saved by the poverty pimps of the anti-war movement. Shit, didn't somebody just forward some crap about how anti-war activists want to bring back the draft? Jesus fucking Christ, I thought immiseration theory went out of style after the collapse of the Soviet Union and the authoritarian left.
Most poor people are fully capable of avoiding military service. Shit, they literally run away from military recruiters. The military can't recruit people because more and more people ARE CHOOSING not to go into the military.
If you join the military, expect to be held responsible for the people you kill.
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