Gasmask ([info]god_v2) wrote,
@ 2007-05-17 18:32:00
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Sometimes when I am killing time, I want to join the Army so I won't be killing time so much. get me out of the house and do some good, you know? But at the same time I scoff and don't want to get shot at.  But this is the exact thinking that contributes to the fall of a nation as a whole.  Not enough people believe in the idea of a nation and are willing to die for it; well the whole thing just collapses from inside.

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[info]alharasomnium
2007-05-18 12:12 am UTC (link)
Kill time or people? Up to you.

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[info]mnemsyne
2007-05-18 03:46 am UTC (link)
i agree with the above comment. there's a lot more to being in the military than simply consigning your life away to a government that wouldn't do shit to help you. would your government die for you? I doubt it. I don't think that the fall of a nation is based upon it's inhabitants willingness or unwillingness to die for it. I think that the fall of a nation is based upon, minimally, the kinds of things it's government does with the tax dollars of the population, the kinds of messages they send to their inhabitants through it's domestic and foreign policy, and the monopoly of an institution by simple minded, power hungry people.

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[info]doomydarkdoom
2007-05-18 05:39 am UTC (link)
It also falls on the nation to inspire patriotism, and I don't know if a government with such high levels of corruption can do that. Obviously some are inspired enough to join the armed forces, but I don't think I would, especially with all the extensions they're putting on soldiers' tours. They're treating the troops like crap - how can they expect more people to enlist?

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[info]hoboinacan
2007-05-18 02:33 pm UTC (link)
They day we get to drive mechs is the day I will sign up for the armored division.

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[info]nantukozealot
2007-05-18 04:12 pm UTC (link)
You don't have to fire at people or get fired at... I know several people who joined the army and got tech jobs.

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