Andrea Junker 16h ago

The Pentagon says only 23% of Gen Z is fit to serve. The rest are either obese, failing math, or already have a rap sheet.

Turns out if you gut schools and subsidize corn syrup long enough, you accidentally pacifist-proof the entire country.

Tactical genius.

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@Strandjunker 23% are fit to serve or 23% of the ones that try to enlist are fit to serve?

A very big difference. The last 25 years have made military service an unattractive option for folks who have other choices

Edit - nvm I found it. Oof - looks like promoting terrible school lunches and no healthcare is actually impacting the population hard on this. I wonder if since it impacts the military so much it might cause some shifts in policy on the right? Probably not

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Show threadChristian Lauf14h ago
@Jer @Strandjunker Well... Back then in the German Empire we got child labour protection laws as the military complained that to many new recruits were, despite their young age, having to serious health issues to serve.