I thought the same at first but then I remember all those teenagers out there just stepping into adulthood with noone to guide them in life. They can easily get tricked into this, wasting their potential.
If it had no downsides, it could be an easy choice. But between the dubious morality, war crimes and PTSD, it's hard to compensate regardless of the positives (money, relatively, discipline, physical fitness?)
Happy to hear it worked out well for you. My point isn't to dismiss military as a career.
It's more about if you are a teenager deciding to join military because you believe the things a psyops egirl on TikTok told you, it's very likely that a series of disappointments is awaiting for you there on top of the opportunity cost of your wrong choice.
Yeah... but if they can be tricked into joining the military, they're incredibly likely to waste their potential on other internet traps than divert it into something productive.
This give them a couple years of (mostly) internet detox before getting sent back into it.
“Anyone who can be fooled by an internet scam should be sent to war” is faulty in two ways, given that it hinges on a young person making poorly informed decisions:
- being sent to war should probably not be the result of being young and gullible
- if we need to send anyone to war, should we send the dumbest people we can find?
2OEH8eoCRo0|2 years ago
sofixa|2 years ago
psKama|2 years ago
It's more about if you are a teenager deciding to join military because you believe the things a psyops egirl on TikTok told you, it's very likely that a series of disappointments is awaiting for you there on top of the opportunity cost of your wrong choice.
xchip|2 years ago
justrealist|2 years ago
This give them a couple years of (mostly) internet detox before getting sent back into it.
justizin|2 years ago
more_corn|2 years ago
But sure, if they don’t lose a limb, die or become traumatized and kill themselves it’s not a bad life course.