return2ozma@lemmy.world to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world · 5 days agoMore people are joining the military. A shaky US job market could be boosting the numbers.www.businessinsider.comexternal-linkmessage-square42fedilinkarrow-up1241arrow-down15
arrow-up1236arrow-down1external-linkMore people are joining the military. A shaky US job market could be boosting the numbers.www.businessinsider.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world · 5 days agomessage-square42fedilink
minus-squarememe_historian@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·edit-24 days ago🌍: “Soooo America, why did you start that war?” 🇺🇲: “idk man…I suddenly had all these guys sitting around and it kinda started getting a bit expensive 🤷♂️,”
minus-squarebigfondue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·4 days agoThis is the exact reason the Continental Army was disbanded after the revolution, to prevent this from happening.
minus-squareCaptain Aggravated@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 days agoThe US constitution implies we’re not meant to have a peacetime army. It gives congress powers to “raise” an army and “raise and maintain” a navy.
🌍: “Soooo America, why did you start that war?”
🇺🇲: “idk man…I suddenly had all these guys sitting around and it kinda started getting a bit expensive 🤷♂️,”
This is the exact reason the Continental Army was disbanded after the revolution, to prevent this from happening.
The US constitution implies we’re not meant to have a peacetime army. It gives congress powers to “raise” an army and “raise and maintain” a navy.