The biggest motivator for the guys that joined with me was the extreme amount of work that our parents were demanding if we wanted to stay living at home.
They pushed us out but without kicking us out. Once we were 18 they wanted us to work full time at home and at work.
The Military became our new home, a place to sleep, clothes, food, and money.
One reason I think we are pretty far from any type of sustained civil unrest is that the poorest people are now the most likely to be obese. That’s something that has never happened before. It’s hard to imagine a civil war or uprising when the poorest are the fattest.
Freegards
Paging Betsy deVos.
If a war came, you would be drafted and if your bones showed in the X-ray then you passed the physical.