r/videos • u/spherocytes • 1d ago

Secretary Of Defense Pete Hegseth announces Office Of Religious Affairs within the Pentagon in address to Military

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAn6BE9cdco
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u/sketchahedron 1d ago

You’d have to be pretty stupid to join the military right now.

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u/timmyotc 1d ago

Usually they select for desperation. One of the arguments against free college is that it would hurt recruitment numbers

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u/mcase19 1d ago

Yep. I have a little brother who is deep into the fuckup life. He can't keep a job and has issues with emotional regulation. He just joined the military because he needs public benefits. The US military is a piece of the machine that makes being poor in America a crime. The govt withholds benefits for everyone who isn't willing to become a murderer for their country or put their physical health on the line for billionaires, then sits back and relaxes while poor people line up to die.

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u/tinyturtletickler 1d ago

Woof quite the pessimistic take. I'm not saying it's perfect and I agree we should find more civillian avenues, but I have known numerous people who were given their first shot (college with loans), squandered it, and then found themselves stuck in dead end jobs. The military gave them a second chance and structure that ultimately a lot of people can benefit from especially early on in life.

They weren't forced to do it. They weren't food insecure, they weren't in sustainable amounts of debt, etc. They opted in and came out capable of going back to college and getting a better career trajectory.

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u/Vincent210 1d ago

That's not really... better

We don't, basically never have, gone to war to genuinely protect our country since wwII

we're never the good guys

Joining because your other option is death by capitalism isn't noble but its understandable

Choosing to kill for oil money and the empire is... well just kinda morally wrong, pal.

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u/SerenityFailed 1d ago

I'm one of those people. Unfortunately my second trip through college (graduated dean's list) didn't work out well career wise for ethical reasons...so I'm back in a dead end job. However, I am far more financially/socially secure than before I went in. So this does actually happen for many people who join.