return2ozma@lemmy.world to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world · 2 months agoMore people are joining the military. A shaky US job market could be boosting the numbers.www.businessinsider.comexternal-linkmessage-square18linkfedilinkarrow-up1179
arrow-up1179external-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 · 2 months agomessage-square18linkfedilink
minus-squarememe_historian@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·edit-22 months 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-up8·2 months agoThis is the exact reason the Continental Army was disbanded after the revolution, to prevent this from happening.
minus-squareCaptain Aggravated@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months 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.