DiamondDave
Army Vet
Ahhh.. the misconception of the military being socialist... I will have to tear this myth apart again later during a break, for about the 4000th time
Dave, this is rhetorical use of language and as such it is certainly socialist in terms of a home a bed, a job, healthcare, pension, facilities for everything. One could live on base fort or depot and never leave. Been there, done that.
No... it is not...
Benefits for service earned.. you are also still in ownership of what is yours... differences in earnings, responsibility, etc... there is not a status of to each according to their need and from each according to their ability
Many jobs offer housing or housing allowance.. food or food allowance... pensions.. healthcare coverage.. etc... but with these things, it does not make them a socialist organization
The military is an organization with a set mission that requires that it be self sufficient.. to feed, clothe, requisition, and supply for that mission.. it is an organization of earned rank structure that is not, however, in socialistic control of all assets and production for egalitarian or equal distribution... there is indeed differences in what each individual will derive from the military...
If the military is a socialist style organization, then so is a baseball team that owns the stadium, provides housing and food during service, distributes equipment for completion of the mission, etc... just because the military is run by the government and is supplied by the government for all of it's needs, does not make it socialist in nature