• PugJesus@kbin.social
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    9 months ago

    "Could we try offering actual support to our soldiers and competitive pay and benefits, and eliminating toxic military cultures, to increase recruitment?

    No. It is the people who don’t want to ruin their health and their life for minimal benefits in peacetime who are wrong."

    • Serinus@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      We do see that’s the general’s goal, right? He doesn’t actually want conscription; he wants funding and attention.