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minus-squareZ_Poster365 [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·edit-21 day agoBonus Army was filled with ex-conscripts. Modern veterans were all volunteers, so they are bootlickers or selfish opportunists at heart without any type of solidarity. They lack the ingredients for an uprising
minus-squareAnarchoAnarchist [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 day agoPeople can be radicalized within the service, like Aaron Bushnell. But absent conscription I don’t think the armed forces are fertile grounds, which is an absolute shame.
Bonus Army was filled with ex-conscripts. Modern veterans were all volunteers, so they are bootlickers or selfish opportunists at heart without any type of solidarity. They lack the ingredients for an uprising
People can be radicalized within the service, like Aaron Bushnell.
But absent conscription I don’t think the armed forces are fertile grounds, which is an absolute shame.