White pill: US military is behind 23% in its annual recruiting goal

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[–]NeoRail 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

PMCs have a strong incentive to run or skip serious conflicts.

This is true and it is also the reason why mercantile civilisations generally decline. Given a lack of other options, however, I think PMC could be one choice that the USA could recourse to, at least hypothetically.

[–]casparvoneverecBig tiddy respecter[S] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

Maybe they'll just drop standards completely and start recruiting ghetto thugs.

[–]NeoRail 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I think in case of war the US military would almost certainly have to drop its standards. I recall reading that apparently about 80% of military age men in the USA are unfit for duty. It is difficult to see how the army would be able to deal with such a massive problem.

[–]casparvoneverecBig tiddy respecter[S] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Imagine George floyd driving a tank. Lol.