Less people being willing to go fight and die in pointless wars is at least a small positive sign for society.
Then be prepared for you or your family to be drafted if war breaks out with a formidable foe.
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#32Hope they haven’t forgotten about Project 100,000 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_100,000 Another article is more explicit about exactly who isn’t joining the military anymore. https://www.military.com/daily-news/2024/01/10/army-sees-sha...
> Another article is more explicit about exactly who isn’t joining the military anymore. The article doesn't confirm whether the total of any other groups is dropping, but it can be inferred from the numbers given that recruiting is very low across the board. It's worth having a racial remark in the title for clicks alone.
> In 2018, 56.4% of new recruits were categorized as white. In 2023, that number had fallen to 44%. During that same five-year period, Black recruits have gone from 20% to 24% of the pool, and Hispanic recruits have risen from 17% to 24%, with both groups seeing largely flat recruiting totals but increasing as a percentage of incoming soldiers as white recruiting has fallen.
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#33Earlier quoted context omitted.
It’s not a numbers game anymore, it hasn’t been for decades.
in an all out war, it certainly is a numbers game. There just hasn't been all out war in decades, but that doesn't mean one isn't around the corner. Being prepared is better than not.
What constitutes an all-out war in the modern era? If it includes nukes, numbers have little value. Even pulling nukes out of the equation, modern armaments make the idea of overwhelming the US with bodies storming the shores/borders an almost certainly futile strategy.
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#34Hope they haven’t forgotten about Project 100,000 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_100,000 Another article is more explicit about exactly who isn’t joining the military anymore. https://www.military.com/daily-news/2024/01/10/army-sees-sha...
Well, they did reinstate the requirement a week later, so...
https://www.defenseone.com/policy/2022/07/after-criticism-ar...
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#36Less people being willing to go fight and die in pointless wars is at least a small positive sign for society.
It’s not 2003 anymore. Current and likely-upcoming wars are very important.
In my opinion, they need to be important enough to be worth murdering and mutilating lots of young people before you can call them important, which is rare. I’d argue 95+% of human wars have been worthless by this metric.
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They vaccinate for all sorts of diseases. Covid is no different. It’s a risk and threat to them being functional as an organization.
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#39If you want more recruits, you simply need to pay more.
Not really that simple for something as complex as the military.
Look at mercenaries, get paid shit tons, still always need more.
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