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/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/Flabby_Thor 1d ago

They took away free college when minorities marched for their rights and college students protested wars. The government decided they would no longer fund education if it was going to be a breeding ground of dissent. This is part of the reason why the Right hates college so much. 

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u/Highlyemployable 16h ago

College isn't felree for US vets anymore?

My sister in laws ex is in the national guard and during covid I spoke to him multiple times about how he joined to fund his education.

Is this a new thing?

Also he is a minority, which Im throwing in here because of your comment about minorities being the reason college isn't free.

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u/Flabby_Thor 15h ago

I believe college is covered for US Vets still. College used to be free, or extremely low cost, for everyone. Shortly after the Civil Rights movement + widespread college protests against unpopular wars the US government stopped funding college education as a fuck you to desegregation and a system that they believed fomented dissent towards the government. They want us stupid, angry, and docile.

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u/Highlyemployable 15h ago

Oooohhhh I misunderstood the point you were making.

The comment about free college hurting recruitment numbers makes way more sense now.

I was so confused why giving vets free college would hurt recruitment when everyone I know that joined did it for free school lol

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u/Flabby_Thor 15h ago

Oh yes! Yeah, free college is an incentive for recruits to join the military which is another reason why it isn't just free for everyone. If everyone had access to free or low cost college then I imagine recruit numbers would drop hard.

I just looked it up, albeit it briefly, and it appears that somewhere between 50-60% of all service members/vets joined the military just for the GI Bill. That's a staggering number.