SnausagesinaBlanket@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 year agoWhile everyone is watching the world stage and some are predicting WWIII, isn't there a good chance that the USA is getting close to some kind of civil war?message-squaremessage-square139fedilinkarrow-up1156file-text
arrow-up1156message-squareWhile everyone is watching the world stage and some are predicting WWIII, isn't there a good chance that the USA is getting close to some kind of civil war?SnausagesinaBlanket@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square139fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarehedgehogging_the_bed@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 year agoRoughly a quarter of the armed forces is under 25, the largest age group https://www.statista.com/statistics/232711/number-of-active-duty-us-defense-force-personnel-by-age/ So even if there’s a split, the front lines will still be mostly people too young to rent a car.
minus-squareArumiOrnaught@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up13·1 year agoLol yeah, a lot of people don’t realize our military is 20 year olds leading 18 year olds.
minus-squareidiomaddict@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoThat caused too many emotions for me to process.
minus-squareNιƙƙιDιɱҽʂ@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-211 months agoJust like nearly every war ever fought ever: the poor young masses sent to their early graves over battles between the old disconnected elite chasing power.
Roughly a quarter of the armed forces is under 25, the largest age group https://www.statista.com/statistics/232711/number-of-active-duty-us-defense-force-personnel-by-age/
So even if there’s a split, the front lines will still be mostly people too young to rent a car.
Lol yeah, a lot of people don’t realize our military is 20 year olds leading 18 year olds.
That caused too many emotions for me to process.
Just like nearly every war ever fought ever: the poor young masses sent to their early graves over battles between the old disconnected elite chasing power.