• Maeve@kbin.earth
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    23 days ago

    “The military is capitalizing on this moment to say, ‘Well, our numbers are down and gen Z is hurting for jobs and stable lives,’” said Rauchberg, Working with creators is a way to “promise them this idea of stability – if you work for us, we will take care of you”. “That’s appealing to a lot of young people,” she added.

    This is a lie beyond what it was before. At least in the past, if you survived, you stood a chance of achieving an education and decent housing and comprehensive health care without mountains of inescapable debt.

    This prior statement hit the bullseye:

    “The rich influencing the poor to do the things that they dont want to. Its giving Hunger Games. Its giving Class Wars,” wrote one person.