The shift in demographics for incoming recruits would be irrelevant to war planners, except it coincides with an overall shortfall of about 10,000 recruits for the Army in 2023.
“What we’re seeing is a reflection of society; what we know less of is what is driving all of these things,” one Army official told Military.com. “There is no widely accepted cause.”
I bet I could tell 'em: the attack on longstanding social institutions that undermines our support for them. A conservative might blame CRT being taught in school, which is nonsense. I’d blame the Republican strategy of telling voters that the government doesn’t work and then being elected to office to ensure that it doesn’t. Even when I was in the military, I didn’t want to risk my life to defend nation on foreign shores. I can’t fault anyone else for feeling the same.
We have grown, exponentially, in information sharing in the last thirty years. Anyone even slightly savvy can see that the ideals of “protecting freedom” have been replaced by “killing to maintain corporate growth.” Who besides the least advantaged would be okay with that? Dying in needless conflicts is not something privileged people sign up for and it’s why recruiters target minorities.
I bet I could tell 'em: the attack on longstanding social institutions that undermines our support for them. A conservative might blame CRT being taught in school, which is nonsense. I’d blame the Republican strategy of telling voters that the government doesn’t work and then being elected to office to ensure that it doesn’t. Even when I was in the military, I didn’t want to risk my life to defend nation on foreign shores. I can’t fault anyone else for feeling the same.
We have grown, exponentially, in information sharing in the last thirty years. Anyone even slightly savvy can see that the ideals of “protecting freedom” have been replaced by “killing to maintain corporate growth.” Who besides the least advantaged would be okay with that? Dying in needless conflicts is not something privileged people sign up for and it’s why recruiters target minorities.