• floofloof@lemmy.ca
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    The USA encourages young people to do that by keeping them in poverty and ignorance. So it’s kind of voluntary but not exactly freely chosen.

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      Not an excuse. Not even in the slightest. You don’t get to kill people to feed yourself. Would you defend poor people joining gangs and cartels?

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      This is exactly why they target low income communities for recruitment. Someone who is down and out is a far better target for recruitment.