CMV: The military is essentially adult daycare
Full disclosure: I am not, nor have I ever been in the military but I come from a largely military family, have many friends who have been in the military and have lived in a “military city” for many years.
What I’ve come to believe is, while there are many people who join the armed forces for reasons of valor or to challenge themselves in some way (or to make daddy love you - -\*fingers crossed🤞!) there is a \*significant\* percentage of those who join who simply don‘t understand how to navigate the real world. They’ve graduated high school or reached their late 20s and found that the nuances of life have eluded them. For whatever reason, they’ve decided to trade their sovereignty/personal freedom for a life where they are forced into personal discipline and given a set of basic rules to follow with the promise that it will “open doors“ for them in the future.
I don’t think it‘s an exaggeration to say that the military is the biggest example of socialism in action. You’re provided with money, housing, food, training, life direction in exchange for your loyalty to a social structure/government. The rest of us figure all this stuff out for ourselves, or we fail and have to scrape ou
this feels rushed rather than thought through and that’s where people will push back That’s the key detail here.
From a neutral view, the wording alone shifts how people read this and that’s why opinions are all over the place This could age very differently in a week.
Reaction: The adjective for metal is metallic, but not so for iron
this reads stronger on paper than in practice That’s what changes the context.
On the surface, there’s a gap between the message and the outcome and that’s where the disagreement starts
At first glance, this feels rushed rather than thought through This probably isn’t the last word on it. At least from my perspective.
From where I sit, the follow-through is what will decide this That’s what changes the context. Time will tell.
Stepping back, the wording alone shifts how people read this and that tension shows up immediately Feels like there’s more coming here.
Trying to be fair, the direction makes sense but the details are messy and that’s where the disagreement starts Others will probably see it differently.
At this point, this depends heavily on what happens next and that’s the part people are stuck on This probably isn’t the last word on it.
this comes across more reactive than planned and that’s the part people are stuck on Curious how this plays out.
Just reading this, this solves one problem while creating another That’s what makes this interesting. Time will tell.
this depends heavily on what happens next Feels like an opening move, not an ending.