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Schools in America apparently have their own army recruiter (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago by robocall@lemmy.world to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world

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[–] HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works 74 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Army recruiters in your school that somehow use social media to contact you?

Institutionalised creepiness.

[–] Che_Donkey@lemmy.ml 45 points 10 months ago

Wait until you see "career day" at school.

[–] Jeknilah@monero.town 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

The recruiter targets the poor. They can pull all sorts of things including calling the parents to pressure high schoolers into joining. If you can't stay at home past 18, you don't have much of an option.