Yeah. whenever unemployment rates rises... you see the youth joining the armed forces because it's the only open 'starting jobs' that they think they will be able to find. While there is some evidence of that... it's at times to just be the 'easiest' road that they would see.
The truth of the matter is that they can create their own business if they are enterprising enough... i've seen it first hand. My dad went from doing six different part time jobs (and running himself into the ground) to being a General Contractor who built an amazing house on the side of a mountain that could survive pretty much anything that happened.
Using a rise in unemployment rates can definately be tied into the timeline i'm working on... Even with the UK producing weapons and equipment for many of the Commonwealth nations around the globe, unemployment outside of the defense and related industres could easily push men and women into the armed forces.
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Fuck being a hero. Do you know what you get for being a hero? Nothing! You get shot at. You get a little pat on the back, blah blah blah, attaboy! You get divorced... Your wife can't remember your last name, your kids don't want to talk to you... You get to eat a lot of meals by yourself. Trust me kid, nobody wants to be that guy. I do this because there is nobody else to do it right now. Believe me if there was somebody else to do it, I would let them do it. There's not, so I'm doing it.
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