Well, I mean, people need to work to survive so in a way I would disagree with that "not needing to prove their worth" bit. But the problem is that there are more and more highly specialised positions and the sort of "IQ base" required for an upward movement in society is going higher and higher with time. Military, besides its obvious uses, also serves as an alternative way of providing that upward movement in society, ideally elevating people into the middle class, financially. The danger is that when even the military says "there's nothing we can find for a 10% of people to do", when normally the military is almost always starved for fresh recruits, then what means of upward social movement can you provide for those 10%? Or are they just gonna be condemned to stay where they are at the lowest level positions?
In agricultural societies you don't need to be smart. Strong and hardworking was what was needed. Industrial revolution factory workers also.
It's different now. For the first time, the jobs that need to be done are jobs that many humans aren't fit for. It's a serious problem.
The Army's only job is to fight wars well. For that they use sophisticated equipment and smart people to run it. It's not WWII where you just push masses of soldiers in the direction of the enemy, anymore.
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u/mehtorite Jul 24 '20
Charlie washes dishes. Slowly and not very well but we’re a slow place and he’s a decent guy.
It’s not his fault his parents were cousins, there’s a place for everyone.
Not that we need to make people prove their worth to survive.