If you faced being drafted 2.0

[Antonio the Sixth]

Civil service (normal).

[Antonio the Sixth]

A quick comparison with the poll on top with the actual statistics here:

The Forum users are slightly more likely than drafted Austrian males to choose civil service.

Drafted Austrian males in 2014: 45% chose military service, 40% civil service, 15% were unfit

Atlas Forum: 47% civil service, 42% military service, 11% unfit to serve

That's surprisingly representative.

[Antonio the Sixth]

And it's not popular to say, but the US military over the past few decades has been so far cucked and pivoted around false impressions of "manliness" that I have no desire to be in the company of troops while on the job, and there's no way on earth I could bear showering with other men.

1. Please stop using that word.
2. What the heck does that mean?

[Antonio the Sixth]

And it's not popular to say, but the US military over the past few decades has been so far cucked and pivoted around false impressions of "manliness" that I have no desire to be in the company of troops while on the job, and there's no way on earth I could bear showering with other men.

1. Please stop using that word.
2. What the heck does that mean?

I think the US military has, even from a non-interventionist perspective, drifted far from what its intended purpose was or should be - protecting the country.  It does much good, but otherwise it's become the standard tool of the United States to meddle in other countries' affairs even when there's no perceived need for it or when doing so only aggravates the problems overseas.  (And with that, it would make little sense for me to serve in the military when I'm so fervently against most areas of US foreign policy and want no part in their misadventures.)  Not to mention the deplorable way this country treats its vets when they come home and how our soldiers are used as human guinea pigs when they're on duty.

I'd probably have a different attitude of the US military if this country wasn't so involved in the world stage.  I realize that's inevitable for such a large country as the way it's been for empires historically, but I don't agree with it.

I see. I was worried that you meant something very different. Can't really disagree with any of this (I'm strongly interventionist in theory, but in practice it's almost always handled terribly).

Still, please stop using that word.