in 1950, 50% of Americans served or had a family member who served in the military. today it's 16%

[basquebromance]

every generation is less classy than the last one. where are we headed?

 

[Harry Dresden]

every generation is less classy than the last one. where are we headed?

just taking a leap here...but having a world war a few years earlier and a draft may have had something to do with that...

 

[ScienceRocks]

War is bad.

We should avoid war at all cost if we can help it. Being in the military should be something that very few people should ever do and only the people that can handle it.

 

[EvilCat Breath]

Not many people are interested in the continued existence of the nation.

 

[ScienceRocks]

War ruins peoples mental health
War makes people disabled
War ends peoples lives

War very rarely if ever does anything good.

War is sometimes needed but it is bad all the less.

 

[airplanemechanic]

Anyone ever considered that the population of the US has doubled since 1950? We don't NEED a military with half of 320 million people serving.

 

[Carl in Michigan]

War is bad.

We should avoid war at all cost if we can help it. Being in the military should be something that very few people should ever do and only the people that can handle it.

War is good, if it's fought for the right reasons.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

Anyone ever considered that the population of the US has doubled since 1950? We don't NEED a military with half of 320 million people serving.

That is not what the thread title is suggesting. If one person had served in my family, that would be 100% that served or had someone serve in the military. In fact, it is 100%, as five of us have served. The actual percentage that served could also be much less than 50% if one member of a family of 12 has served.

 

[GreenBean]

every generation is less classy than the last one. where are we headed?

in 1950, 50% of Americans served or had a family member who served in the military. today it's 16%

In 1950 WWII had just recently Ended

 

[jasonnfree]

I know we need a military just in case, but we've gone way overboard on it. Now it's all war, all the time. War is a business and business is good. Link below from a WW1 General who said war is a racket.

War Is A Racket, by Major General Smedley Butler, 1935

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

I know we need a military just in case, but we've gone way overboard on it. Now it's all war, all the time. War is a business and business is good. Link below from a WW1 General who said war is a racket.

War Is A Racket, by Major General Smedley Butler, 1935

So exactly what do you suggest we eliminate? I always ask that question and no one can give me a straight answer or if they do, they learn why their suggestion is based on false assumptions.