Joining the military is not what recruiters make it out to be. To convince young minds that selling away years of their lives, irrespective of the damage they will cause to others or themselves, all in the hopes of a reasonable paycheck, college benefits, or decent healthcare, defers some measure of honor or respectability; what does it say about America when we usher humans into this assembly line, where our children find the one of the few opportunities available to all Americans: the opportunity to kill poor non-Americans.
Joining the military is not what recruiters make it out to be. To convince young minds that selling away years of their lives, irrespective of the damage they will cause to others or themselves, all in the hopes of a reasonable paycheck, college benefits, or decent healthcare, defers some measure of honor or respectability; what does it say about America when we usher humans into this assembly line, where our children find the one of the few opportunities available to all Americans: the opportunity to kill poor non-Americans.