Seems pretty clear to me. Why would you risk your life if the army doesn’t even want you there?
this post was submitted on 06 Jun 2025
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They pay a living wage and will hire the dumbest people you know? 🤷♀️ I wouldn’t choose to work there but I can see how some people feel pressured into it
It doesn't really seem like they have a choice, does it?
Same choice minorities have always enjoyed.
Lay low and do your grisly work at the spear point of imperialism hoping you won't be pushed out in front of it.
Or drop off the last US ladder out of poverty and consign yourself to a service sector that'll leech you dry before you turn 50.
There are more melanin skin people in america than rich people so I say we do what we do best and abuse the minority.
We can use the meat for those sterile man-eater fly breeding programs that stop them from coming up from South America.
E Pluribus Nihil
it is a wrenching decision to end a career they love,
Uh... If anyone loves their career bombing brown people in the Middle East and protecting genocide, I think they might be a piece of shit.
Most of US army people's career is to sit on their ass and waste government money on nothing. Only very small portion is actually involved in killing.
And some of them are doing aid missions or patrolling areas to deter invasions, and some are doing defensive cyber to protect US elections or to counter other nation-state hackers or their subcontractors who ransomware hospitals. It's not always murdering brown people.
defensive cyber to protect US elections
How's that going for them?
true, most are probably stateside or reserve role or deployed to a friendly country. some of the branches, the combat roles as enlisted are usually filled fast so theres limited options.