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TheMastersNemesis

(10,602 posts) Wed Nov 23, 2016, 05:38 PM Nov 2016

Tell Our Young To Boycott Military Service. Country Not Worth Serving With Trump.

We need to crash the enlistment numbers for the military. There is a good chance new recruits will find themselves in war zone protecting a country that has lost its way. Giving your life for what will come will surely be a waste. We must deny the military the people it needs to expand.

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Tell Our Young To Boycott Military Service. Country Not Worth Serving With Trump. (Original Post) TheMastersNemesis Nov 2016 OP

Well said! The US tends to be a war machine enhancing wealth for some, but not for most. It's RKP5637 Nov 2016 #1

Good luck with that. KPN Nov 2016 #2

RKP5637

(67,111 posts)

1. Well said! The US tends to be a war machine enhancing wealth for some, but not for most. It's

Reply to TheMastersNemesis (Original post)

Wed Nov 23, 2016, 05:42 PM

Nov 2016

a rut the US is stuck in, likely to get worse IMO.

KPN

(15,646 posts)

2. Good luck with that.

Reply to TheMastersNemesis (Original post)

Wed Nov 23, 2016, 05:45 PM

Nov 2016

It's a nice thought, but the military is viewed by too many as one of the primary means of upward mobility. Was it Reagan who started actively pursuing the idea of military service as a substitute for socio-economic safety nets?

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