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Some people have no way out of poverty besides military service. Don’t diss every service member for being stupid for joining.
That itself is an indictment on the US.
Also, that is less than half of those in military service. Many of them, regardless of their income level, get radicalized towards white nationalism due to the culture of the institution.
Don't get me wrong there are good people that have served and I don't doubt that the US government has taken advantage of their desperation.
But normalization of a culture that portrays a black colleague as a slave or downplays sexual assualt is unacceptable in my view (regardless of tax bracket).
These sorts of things happen in every work environment I have been in. There’s always going to be some bigots in the work place regardless because they exist everywhere. Of course there are professions like the military where these attitudes are more common and that is unfortunate. My opinion is if you see it take place in any profession, call them out on it.
They then go to other countries and kill civilians, for money. Fuckem.