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https://www.military.com/daily-news/2023/10/13/big-bonuses-relaxed-policies-new-slogan-none-of-it-saved-military-recruiting-crisis-2023.html

Despite a barrage of hefty bonuses, loosened and more progressive enlistment requirements, and even the creation of innovative pre-boot camp programs, the U.S. military mostly fell short in efforts to bring more Americans into the services over the past year -- and it's unclear how or when that will change.

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[–] SaniFlush@hexbear.net 28 points 2 years ago (3 children)

A generation of lotus eaters. Great.

[–] usernamesaredifficul@hexbear.net 12 points 2 years ago

did you ever read the Odessey the crew that joined the lotus eaters were the only ones besides Odysseus that didn't die. The marxist reading of the Odyssey is "tell your boss to fuck off and do drugs"

[–] Riffraffintheroom@hexbear.net 8 points 2 years ago

Oh no they’re all sissified femboys who would rather plague League than get their testicles mangled by an IED for Lockheed Martin like a real man.

[–] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 6 points 2 years ago

I suppose the upside of treatbrain is they don't want to pause the treatflow for even a moment for the sake of the empire. They just want to watch wars on screens in a treatified way, not participate in them.