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Originally Posted by Sidd Finch
Of course it creates an aversion -- that's what civilization does. 100 years ago it was very normal here to hate anyone not from your "tribe," now most of us (everyone here) have a strong aversion to racism and racist thoughts. 200 years ago, it was natural to think women inferior, to beat your wife, beat your children, etc. Now, civilized people have an aversion.
With soldiers -- particularly those whose job is to kill, not to guard or lay down cover fire or whatever, and especially to kill people they can see (meaning, for example, a sniper vs a bomber pilot) -- we get them to cross that line that civilization has created. For some it's easy, they are killers -- but I suspect that those people are actually pretty shitty at the job, because they don't have to think very much before pulling the trigger. For others, it's harder, and they need to have justifications (I'm protecting my men, mine is the greatest country in the world, they are evil, etc.)
And then, we ask them to come back.
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No dog in this hunt, but it seems to me that people are drawn to the jobs where they get paid to (and have permission to) do what they want. People who like to argue become lawyers. People who want to be in charge become cops. People who like computer shit go to google. People who want to kill are drawn to the military.
Obviously this isn't true of whatever-number-approaching-100%-is-correct of those joining the armed forces, but someone who has killed dozens upon dozens of people probably has a predilection for killing. We just give that guy the training and the tools to be efficient. And I firmly believe that the armed forces are constantly on the lookout for these types because we want them on that wall. We need them on that wall.
TM
