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> On 25 Oct 96 at 19:58, zaimoni@ksu.edu wrote:
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> > The real
> > question is "how does someone end up in an army in the first place?"
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> Stupidity? Blind faith? Memetic deprivation?
There are more rational motivations. Have some imagination.
1) You got drafted. [seems to happen 100% of the time to Israeli
citizens of the right age....]
17th century England variant: You have been impressed [into the
army, not by someone with phenomenal charisma, appearance, or ability.]
2) You are about to starve to death from lack of a job, or suffer equally
dismal career wipeout. Since the transmutation of the US into a welfare
state, this is less of a motivation in the US.
Also, recall: stupidity [as opposed to slow processing] is inherently
unverifiable by oneself with regard to oneself. I have very few uses for
that word; it seems to reduce the intelligence of the invoker.
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