

Because they are joining for a job, not to be patriotic. The U.S. military is the largest jobs program in the world. It’s main selling point is to pull people out of poverty.
Nobody I know that joined did it to ‘fight for their country’. They didn’t swallow that bullshit until after getting in and realizing half the morons here will call them a hero for getting dressed in the morning.
Counterpoint: as soon as sports and their related normies became popular and took over Reddit, it went to complete shit.