Gen Z and millenials are useles

Keep in mind that males aged 18-34 are the very definition of military-aged males. Americans are living healthier, longer, but I know for a fact that I cannot do today what I could do 20 years ago. This generation of woke idiots, who obediently wear their masks and mindlessly parrot every leftist direction have no clue how to pull themselves up by their bootstraps. It really seems that they do not understand what sacrifice, moderation, and grit truly are. This is another strong argument for compulsory military service, by citizens only. If the military got enough good recruits, they could reject the gangbangers, the fatbodies, the illegal aliens, and the general nutjobs (loony militia moles, wannabe killers, activists, etc.); there would also be more high-potential recruits who learn they love the military and will go on to become senior commanders who can dilute the leftism of the woke chiefs. There would be exponentially fewer leftists crying that they can't get a job with their double degrees and crushing student loan debt, because they already learned skills, trades, and crafts while being paid, housed, and fed daily for two years after high school. Some of my best employees were former military (Army and Navy). Two of my memorable worsts were Air Force veterans, but I believe they would have been rejected or sorted out sooner if recruiters didn't have to worry about quotas.

A newsweek article writen by a boomer telling generation X who they are in junior high, is not the same as that generation of adults (18 -34, THIRTY-FOUR YEARS OLD) declaring who they are. They may not be legally or biologically kids, but mentally and emotionally, they are as immature as I was in sixth grade. It's not about culture wars, it's about figuring out where our country fucked up, and trying to fix it if it's not already too late.

Meat72 gets it.

Costa and some other kiddos are not getting it. I never said anyone should join the military. Polling shows a vast majority of them would flee the country and refuse to fight for their homes. My point is that real men and women, patriots, honorable folks with principle and integrity who value freedom and self-government would stand and fight. I would not join the military, but I would take my rifles, shotguns, and pistols and link up with the nearest militia. Besides, you think you want to live in Mexico or Canada? Why not move there now? *crickets* If you think it makes sense to blame an earlier generation for your decision not to fight for your freedom, then you are scum. You are lower than low. I wouldn't piss on fire to put you out. Nicespice, love the the positivity. I don't know what scrub's problem is with you.

Okay Mr. Gamma, I’m going to flip the question on you: why would you fight for America? Now, in the highly unlikely scenario where America was invaded I’d fight. Assuming that America is the way it is now I’d say it has its flaws, but on balance it is a pretty good country. But imagine this scenario: America becomes a shithole corrupt dictatorship. If that happened, why the fuck would I fight. Hell, let’s imagine some fantasy scenario where America becomes a 1984 style dictatorship and the French and Germans, scared by these changes, remain democracies that respect human rights but build up their armed forces. Then a Franco-German invasion fleet lands in America to liberate us. Why the fuck would you fight them Frenchies and Germans? They’re the good guys in this fantasy scenario. I’d be all waving the white flag yelling “je m'abandonne à toi” to the first Frenchies I see (substitute something appropriate for the Germans). So, now that we’ve established that whether or not fighting makes sense depends on the state of the country, let’s analyze some of the crazy shit posted by the political whiners on TUSCL: 1. The US government lied about a pandemic to control the population. 2. The US government is attempting to mandate a dangerous drug. 3. Our military is run a bunch of woke idiots. 4. Anybody with an unpopular opinion is canceled so there is no real free speech. 5. Rioting in the streets is viewed as a good thing. 6. Our last Presidential election was stolen. 7. The guy who actually won the last election was such an idiot he couldn’t hold on to the Presidency despite, you know, being President and running the fucking government. 8. A large proportion of the population is selfish assholes who would rather sponge than work. Now, I don’t know how much of that you believe, though I’m betting I could find support for some of those statements if I had the energy to comb through your posts. Well, maybe not #7 because, for some weird reason, people who believe #6 seem to have a hard on for the guy who (in their mind) won the election but wasn’t smart enough figure out a way to stay President. Of course, that guy also let his underlings lie about the pandemic so I guess they’re just kind of forgiving. Now, I don’t believe that shit is true, so I can be a patriot. But if you believe even a few of those 8 points are true then America is seriously fucked up. Why would you fight for that country? Seems kind of stupid to me. First, and I do not say this to insult you, but just to call the facts as I see them, 50/50, straight down the middle: You are a fucking idiot. You have always been a fucking idiot. You will die a fucking idiot. Please don't take that personally. Second, I am not playing some bullshit "well, suppose" hypothetical. there are infinite hypothetical situations most of which would require differing responses. We do not live in a fantasy where we can hit the menu button and go back to our last save. Let's stay grounded. The 8 points you listed are all avowed views shared by our fellows on this site. Some of them are factual, some are not. Regardless of any of them, Americans here, now, today, enjoy a standard of living that is the envy of the world. We have access to the most, best, and newest of nearly everything at a lower cost than anywhere else (but at a higher cost than two years ago, because Brandon). Our government, as flawed as it is, is still more honest, more representative, and less corrupt than anywhere else. It is as President Reagan said, "If we fail here, there is nowhere else to go." As for the shitheads and losers I am forced to call "countrymen", I would not be fighting for them. I would be fighting for my friends and family, and just to punish and kill attacking forces that have taken that standard of living and my quiet enjoyment from me. I don't have any delusions of grandeur or reknown coming from fighting against a trained and "professional" foreign army. I wouldn't even plan on lasting past the first engagement. I just want to kill as many of them as I can on my way out.