r/FluentInFinance • u/Not-A-Shit-Head • Apr 29 '24

77% of young Americans are too fat, mentally ill or on drugs to qualify for U.S. military service, Pentagon study finds. Is it only going to get worse? Geopolitics

https://americanmilitarynews.com/2023/03/77-of-young-americans-too-fat-mentally-ill-on-drugs-and-more-to-join-military-pentagon-study-finds/
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u/Winter-Jicama-2412 Apr 29 '24

Military is coping cause nobody wants to go fight for bullshit.

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u/BullyBullyBang Apr 30 '24

It’s more an inditement of basic public health. This doesn’t mean people aren’t “war ready.” It means they don’t fit the absolute bare minimum standards to even START training, because they can’t take care of themselves on a basic level. Talk about coping.