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Soldiers are not victims of anything. Personally I don’t accept the idea that they’re victims of poverty either. Everyone made a choice, they chose to be in the military.
Troops being all kids from poor families is a myth.
Eyes Left had a decent debunking of this recently. I think the guest has their own bias they haven't fully taken into account but the underlying point of 'taking CFR/Heritage/whatever analysis at face value is bonkers' is a good one.
Good to have statistics for this. Thank you.
I’m not arguing I’m agreeing. Also I’m not completely sure if the idea that some people join the military to escape poverty has been purged from the left just yet, so it’s also a point towards that too. Not that that’s what they were saying, but more for anyone else coming into the conversation.