Reply #59: hmm...

[chervilant]

The MIC created a viable alternative to the draft, one about which we seldom hear opposition. The MIC knows that our pathetic system of public education (another of their bright ideas) and radical income inequity (need I lay THAT at their doorstep?) make for a significant number of young men and women who have almost no other options for viable employment. Couch the "we'll pay you AND put you through college" meme in patriotism and glory (the military will make a MAN out of you!), and a significant number of the offspring of low-income families will away to war.

If we can break through the bipartisan crap promulgated by the MIC's propaganda machine, maybe, just maybe we'll see a techno-revolution in my lifetime. However, I'm not holding my breath.