• Ann Archy@lemmy.world
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    Meat for the grinder. Can’t afford healthcare? Why, join the army and you’ll be set!

    That’s what this is.

    Make normal life so impossible for the poor that they have no choice but to enlist to get their basic human rights provided for.

    War is coming, and they need to replenish the ranks.

    Think about it and tell me I’m wrong.

    • BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world
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      They want most to simply die. Subjugating 330 million is tough. Subjugating 200 million, desperate and tired individuals, much easier. They think automation and AI will replace the lives lost so the rich won’t actually feel any real impact.