How the US army is using influencers to recruit a new generation: ‘Promise them this idea of stability’
www.theguardian.com
In a new initiative, the army is partnering with social media creators to show young adults possibilities of military life
  • Inevitable Waffles [Ohio]@midwest.socialEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Stability by destroying the economy inside the imperial core as the noose tightens. If the jackboots are the only ones with a steady paycheck, morals get a lot harder to maintain with hungry mouths to feed.

    • Tollana1234567@lemmy.today
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      2 months ago

      also removing scientific FUnding from universities, plus other problems at the university level, low job prospects after a degree,

      • CheeseNoodle@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 months ago

        And then 60 years from now the United Soviet States is a second rate power with an army that leans on antique equipment from its former days of glory?