The TV says hero. The generals say subhuman commodity.

1. 2019-11-19 at 10:01 AM UTC

   #1
   too.dark.to.see Tuskegee Airman

   Isabelle Guitard, the director of programmes at Child Soldiers International, said the document showed British army recruiters continued to disproportionately target young people from poor, working-class backgrounds with limited opportunities.

   
   https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/sep/09/british-army-explicitly-targeting-working-class-recruits-say-critics
2. 2019-11-19 at 10:07 AM UTC

   #2
   too.dark.to.see Tuskegee Airman

   unwashed-masses
   Noun
   (plural only)
   
   (idiomatic) The collective group ("mass") of people who are considered by someone to be somehow uneducated, uninformed, or in some other way unqualified for inclusion in the speaker's elite circles.

   
   Die for your system. And pay your taxes.
   
   
3. 2019-11-19 at 10:47 AM UTC

   #3
   

   Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country Dark Matter [my scoffingly uncritical tinning]
   The military serves as an instrument of social mobility and as an employer of last resort.
   
   That is by design, and a good thing.
   The following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire!

   • Sudo
4. 2019-11-19 at 6:56 PM UTC

   #4
   too.dark.to.see Tuskegee Airman
   That's a very narrow view.
   
   If people or groups have an interest in having a military, are they likely to attempt to create conditions conducive to requiring people to seek out an employer of last resort?
   
   Why so many billionaires? They can't spend it all.
   
   Why so many people on low incomes?
   
   If some company of 10000 pays their top executives a total of 200 million, that's $20000 per employee....
   
   Wetbacks can get a green card for enlisting.
5. 2019-11-19 at 6:58 PM UTC

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   Sudo Black Hole [my hereto riemannian peach]
   that's literally the same in every country. Its because all the rich people have bone spurs
6. 2019-11-19 at 7:01 PM UTC

   #6
   too.dark.to.see Tuskegee Airman
   https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/09/how-much-the-5-highest-paid-ceos-earn.html
   
   Some guy is bragging to his friends he has a stock portfolio worth $80 mil. It just sits there, generating wealth. Doesn't do anything else.
   
   That would be enough to provide health care and jobs and medical cover to all the poor people in his city. It would also make companies more productive as they would have more workers.
   
   Instead, this guy has a stock fund he can feel good about.
   
   This is not his expense account, day to day living account, or savings account.
7. 2019-11-19 at 7:03 PM UTC

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   Sudo Black Hole [my hereto riemannian peach]
   WAKE UP PPL THE GOVENENRJT.ENT IS LYING TO U EVERYTHUNG U KNO IS A LIE I JUDT FIGURE IT OUT LOL!!!!!!!!
8. 2019-11-19 at 7:04 PM UTC

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   Sudo Black Hole [my hereto riemannian peach]
   let's occupy ops moms bedroom