• kibblebits@quokk.au
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    They increased the max to 42

    https://www.goarmy.com/how-to-join/requirements

    This is not a draft. Which is like 18-26ish typically.

    BUT, that doesn’t mean the draft is fixed at those ages. BUT, I doubt they would ever need to draft up to 42 based on the US population and the willingness of psychos to want to a) kill people or b) get paid to kill people via promises of a better life later as a veteran (Baby killer)

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      There’s the ones who like to shoot things, but don’t forget the c) it’s either join the military for pay or live in poverty or worse.

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          Not sure where that came from, but tag me however you want. Might want to reread what I wrote that was agreeing with you and adding more ways people get funneled into service? Nothing I said was a promotion for joining anything. Also appreciate the subtle violence in the wish for me… wow.

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          Chill the fuck. That isn’t what they said at all. They said it’s the reason some people do it.

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            Do you think it’s okay to join the military and kill people for a government who won’t feed its people, just so you can eat?

            It’s a yes or a no.

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                Do you think I should stop criticizing the government and the people who kill in their name just because it inconveniences someone online?

                Yes or no.

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                  You aren’t doing that tho. You’re yelling at people who are on your side.

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                    Isn’t that what you’re doing? 🙃

                    But also, I don’t see everyone on Lemmy, or in this thread, as being on a side I also want to be on.

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      I doubt they would ever need to draft up to 42 based on the US population and the willingness of psychos to want to a) kill people or b) get paid to kill people via promises of a better life later as a veteran (Baby killer)

      They need a draft once all those Action Hero wannabes get swatted down by Iranian drones and the Canadian troops start rolling in to annex the southern province.

      Who knew Fallout would be right about the annexation but wrong about which way it went?

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        Haha annex. Love it.

        There’s a good line from the TV show, I don’t think it was used in the games. It’s in reference to a character that has to travel from Canada to the USA, and someone tells them:

        “don’t think of them as humans, think of them as Americans”