(June 4, 2015 at 4:07 pm)wallym Wrote: And when these kids turn 18, some Military recruiter is going to come and offer them shit money to go risk their life in some country far away for some ambiguous motivations. And many of these kids will say yes. And the reason for more than a few will be that they've basically been living in a propaganda piece there whole life.
This isn't to say that some don't join for the reason you suggest, but my military experience forces me to draw another conclusion. The vast majority of people I met served for a myriad of reasons that all pointed back to a lack of opportunity. Many couldn't afford college and had no other employment prospects. For others, it was simply a means to earn money for school. For some, it was a stable job that allowed them to eat; whether to provide for a young family or as a means of escaping a hellish and hopeless existence.
It's not the salesmanship or the propaganda that make recruiters successful, it's the lack of competition.
