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Cake day: July 23rd, 2023

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  • I read a novel written by a Vietnam era draftee.

    There was a scene where two draftees were talking about ending the draft. One was against it because it would mean that all the people in the Army would be ‘lifers’ and lifers were the ones who were quickest to massacre civilians.

    Hunter Thompson wrote about it once. His opinion was that when he served, a lot of upper class families sent their sons to the Army. That meant that they were meeting and working with all types of people.

    My personal take is that it’s a good thing, if there’s a non-military equivalent, something like FDR’s CCC