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9 Reasons Not To Join the United States Military

https://wisesloth.wordpress.com/2010/04/06/5-reasons-not-to-join-the-united-states-military/

April 6, 2010

1. The military is a cult that brainwashes you.

The military is painstakingly designed around the cult model , and the two biggest red flags that

the military is a cult are its unethical indoctrination process and totalitarian, pyramid shapedcaste system. Other warning signs are the use of an inside language, in-group symbols, rituals,

in-group socializing, constantly telling you that the military is your family, convincing you that

military history is  your  history and other tactics that convince you to base your identity and purpose in life primarily on the military. Individually these practices aren’t necessarily sinister,

 but the military goes to etreme lengths to use every trick in the book every day to convince its

members to base their identity on the in-group and devote their life to it. That’s what cults do,and the military does it better than anyone.

I’m not saying this to attack the troops. I’m not saying, !"ou suck because you’re a brainwashed

slave in a cult.# I’m saying this to raise ob$ection to the mistreatment of the troops. If you

support the troops then you shouldn’t get angry at me for pointing out that the military misleads,manipulates and mistreats the troops. If you support the troops then you should support %&'(

reform.

2. You’ll ill and !ossibly die to de"end the #ery ideals you swore to "i$ht a$ainst.

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There’s no country in the world that wants to take away )merica’s freedoms. The only people inthe world who want to take away )mericans’ freedoms are the very politicians who every active

duty soldier swears an oath of allegiance to, and they’ve been very successful at it, especially

since *eptember ++th, +.

)merica is no longer the land of the free, and it’s also no longer a representative democracy. It’sa  corportocracy controlled by the rich, for the rich. )merica doesn’t even defend democracy

abroad. )merica is the only country actively toppling democracies. ook that up.  It’s not aconspiracy. It’s common knowledge.

If you $oin the %nited *tates military you won’t fight for truth, $ustice or freedom. "ou’ll fight

for a government that crushes public dissent and locks up more people than any other country in

the world in a for-profit prison system that uses inmates as slave labor. "ou won’t fight for peace.

"ou’ll fight for a country that commits human rights violations, spies on its own citizens andlocks up whistle blowers while protecting war criminals. "ou’ll fight for a country

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that destabilizes weaker countries to allow multinational businesses to fleece them out of their 

natural resources and outsource $obs to their sweatshops. The )merican military might fight

against terrorism, but it also engages in terrorism and creates more terrorists every time it killsinnocent civilians, which is literally every day.

There are no serious foreign threats to )merica’s way of life. /ossibly the biggest threat to theaverage )merican’s 0uality of life is )merica’s own industrial war comple, which directs

 billions of ta dollars every year to killing goat herders while )merica’s schools crumble fromlack of funding.

If you support )merica’s military mission, you won’t make the world a better place. In the end,

your noble sacrifices will make the world a worse place, but don’t take my word for it. If youwant to know what )merica’s military stands for, ask the good people of  1iego 2arcia.

%. The military cares about you the same way a sla#e owner cares about his sla#es.

The military will convince you to love it so much you’ll get military tattoos, wear military-themed civilian clothing and yell at anyone who criticizes the military, but the military doesn’t

return that loyalty. *ure, the military gives its troops a lot of perks and bonuses, but like all other cults, the pampering stops the second you start 0uestioning the organization. If you don’t drink 

the 3oolaid you’ll get thrown out in the streets for !failure to conform.# If you breach the

military’s puritanical code of ethics the military won’t hesitate to throw the book at you as hardas possible to make an eample of you. The military also loves group punishments. *ooner or 

later you will be punished for something someone else did. "our superiors won’t care that it’s

unfair. 2roup punishment dehumanizes you, conditions you to police your peers and reinforcesthe idea that higher ranking personnel wield total and un0uestionable power over you. It’s a

 powerful psychological tool to keep you obedient and submissive.

&. You will lose almost all o" your ci#il ri$hts.

"ou will lose the right to free speech, the right to assembly 4at least, the right to assemble with

any group that opposes the agenda of the military5. "ou’ll lose the right to work a second $ob atany business the military disagrees with. "ou’ll lose the right to enter businesses 4including many

night clubs5 that the military disagrees with. "ou’ll lose the right to self-determination. "ou

won’t be able to 0uit your $ob when you’ve reached the point where you hate it or disagree withit. "our home life will affect your work life. "ou can be demoted or even lose your $ob for legal

trouble you get into on your private time. There will be limits to what kinds of tattoos you can

get and where you can get them. There will be limits to what kind of piercings you can get and

even what kind of civilian clothing you can wear on base. "ou can’t even make a private setape.

(ust to be safe, )rticle +67 or the %niform &ode of 'ilitary (ustice that says pretty much

anything you do can be considered against the law8 someone in your chain of command $ust hasto say that some thing you did was bad, and that makes it against the rules. *ee for yourself9

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““Though not specifically mentioned in this chapter, all disorders and neglects to the prejudice

of good order and discipline in the armed forces, all conduct of a nature to bring discredit upon

the armed forces, and crimes and offenses not capital, of which persons subject to this chapter may be guilty, shall be taken cognizance of by a general, special, or summary court-martial,

according to the nature and degree of the offense, and shall be punished at the discretion of that 

court.“”

"ou’ll lose many more rights listed in the %niform &ode of 'ilitary (ustice that nobody will goout of their way to tell you about until after you’ve signed your soul away. )nd if you ever 

complain you’ll be told, !"ou knew eactly what you were getting into when you signed up.#

'. Your sel"(worth will become based on ran.

:hen you go through basic training you will be told that upon graduation you will become anadult. In fact, you will become more than an adult. "ou will become a member of the elite

echelon of society. "our maturity and responsibility will make you superior to the petty, selfish,

undisciplined civilian herd.

;owever, the reality of life in the military does not reflect the propaganda you will be fed in basic training. The reality of your day to day life is comparable to what you eperienced in high

school.

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This is a strange way to live, but other than being degrading to the lowest ranking troops, it

might not seem like a compelling reason not to $oin the military. :hat new recruits need to be

aware of is that after you’ve been indoctrinated to base your identity on your rank, thatindoctrination doesn’t always go away after you leave the military. If you spend 7 years as a low

ranking enlisted troop and then separate, you’re likely to go back out into the real world with a

subservient mindset. Aut If you spend 7 years as an officer and then separate, you’re likely to go back out into the real world believing the human population is divided into those who deserve to

 be obeyedCserved and those who deserve to obeyCserve, and you’re one of the gods among men

who deserve to be obeyed and served. These delusions of grandeur may feel empowering, butthey’re indoctrinated insanity, and leaders who think this way tend to act more like dictators than

mentors.

). The bene"its aren’t as $ood as you thin.

Theoretically you’re supposed to get preference when applying for federal $obs. *ometimes you

do, and sometimes you don’t. Dor all the other $obs out there, military eperience can sometimes

hurt your chances of getting a $ob because many civilians see e military members as dumbgrunts who can’t think for themselves. Eeterans can potentially suffer the irrational stigma that

they’re unstable killers suffering from /T*1.

"ou won’t get much if any E) medical help unless you were in$ured while in the military or youretired through the military.

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) blog about the serious flaws in the 'arine &orps, written by 'arine veterans

The most gruesome moments in the &I) torture report

) good summary of what )merican soldiers are sent to fight for 

-. Military culture is de#ol#in$ into a maniacally !olitically correct anal(retenti#e snow

"lae o""ice /ell.

I’lleplain what life is like in the )ir Dorce, and you can $ust subtract a few degrees for each of the

other branches9 &ussing at all is frowned up, and in a lot of offices it’s banned. The only kind of 

music you can listen to at work are /op and &hristian. "ou can’t make crude $okes. "ou can be

court martialed for seual harassment for saying the word !vagina.# There was a public serviceannouncement commercial that ran on the )rmed Dorces Television Fetwork at my first duty

station that said, !"ou don’t have to do anything to be guilty of seual harassment.# iterally. It

literally said that. "ou can’t smoke anywhere but at isolated, designated smoking areas, and youcan’t smoke at all on some bases. "ou can’t put your hands in your pockets. "ou can’t walk and

talk on your cell phone. "ou can’t walk on the grass. "ou have to wear standard-issue reflective

clothing when walking around at night. "ou’ll get yelled at for wearing any article of civilian

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clothing on base that you wouldn’t wear to church. "ou generally have to act like Fed Dlanders

or you’ll get yelled at for being unprofessional.

There is some validity to these rules, but when you add all of them 4and the many others notmentioned5 together and continue to make more and more rules that force everyone to act like a

neutered youth pastors, you create an environment that’s less like the adventure advertised onrecruiting commercials and more like the embodiment of everything the movie !Office *pace#

was satirizing.

/eople who can’t conform to that standard end up leaving the military willingly or unwillingly.

Those who act the most whitewashed and sanitized rise to the top. *o that’s who you work for,

and that’s who you work with. That’s  the environment  you eat, sleep and breathe in. If the puritanical lifestyle appeals to you, and you don’t mind being complicit in the deaths of 

hundreds of civilians every year then $oin the )ir Dorce.

9. You’ll be indoctrinated with battered !erson syndrome.

“When attered !erson "yndrome #!"$ manifests as !T"%, it consists of the following symptoms& #a$ re-

e'periencing the battering as if it were recurring e(en when it is not, #b$ attempts to a(oid the psychological impact 

of battering by a(oiding acti(ities, people, and emotions, #c$ hyperarousal or hyper(igilance, #d$ disrupted interpersonal relationships, #e$ body image distortion or other somatic concerns, and #f$ se'uality and intimacy

issues.)*+

 dditionally, repeated cycles of (iolence and reconciliation can result in the following beliefs

and attitudes&)+

• The abused thinks that the (iolence was his or her fault.

• The abused has an inability to place the responsibility for the (iolence elsewhere.

• The abused fears for hisher life andor the li(es of hisher children #if present$.

• The abused has an irrational belief that the abuser is omnipresent and omniscient.

The syndrome de(elops in response to a three-stage cycle found in domestic (iolence situations. /irst, tension buildsin the relationship. "econd, the abusi(e partner releases tension (ia (iolence while blaming the (ictim for ha(ing 

caused the (iolence. Third, the (iolent partner makes gestures of contrition. 0owe(er, the partner does not find 

 solutions to a(oid another phase of tension building and release so the cycle repeats. The repetition of the (iolence

despite the abuser1s attempts to “make nice” results in the abused partner feeling at fault for not pre(enting a repeat cycle of (iolence. 0owe(er, since the (ictim is not at fault and the (iolence is internally dri(en by the abuser1s need 

to control, this self-blame results in feelings of helplessness rather than empowerment. The feeling of being both

responsible for and helpless to stop the (iolence leads in turn to depression and passi(ity. This learned depression

and passi(ity makes it difficult for the abused partner to marshal the resources and support system needed to lea(e.)2+” #"ource& Wikipedia $

This is how the military conditions you to see the world, ecept the military no

longer physically beats the troops. They can accomplish the same result without leaving a

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 physical mark by yelling, threatening, publicly shaming, imprisoning you, giving you horrible

duties and paper work. If all else fails they can send you to remedial military training.

The end result is that you’ll feel guilty for breaking meaningless rules, and you’ll attack anyoneelse you see breaking meaningless rules. )nd any time anyone criticizes your masters or their 

agenda you’ll defend them to the death oblivious to the fact that you’re defending your abuser and attacking anyone who tries to free you from the abuser who has manipulated you into

celebrating and defending your own oppression.

Note0 The author of this blog received an honorable discharge after ? years enlisted service in

the %.*. )ir Dorce.

 ommon criticisms o" this blo$ !ost0

1. The military is not  a cult 3 ser#ed in the military and ne#er new anyone who was

brainwashed

There’s no point arguing whether or not the military is a cult without referencing a checklist of 

cult practices. Gead any book on cults and brainwashing techni0ues. The more you know about

cults, brainwashing techni0ues and military culture, customs and courtesies the more obvious itwill be that the military is deliberately designed using every unethical mind control techni0ue

used by cults.

2. You were in the 4ir 5orce and ne#er saw combat. So you don’t now what you’re talin$

about.

"ou can say I’m not a hero because I never saw combat, and I won’t argue with that. Aut my role

in the military has no bearing on whether or not the military is a cult. It has no bearing on the factthat the %nited *tates government has consistently eliminated more and more rights of its

citizens, spied on on its citizens, persecuted whistle blowers, knowingly killed civilians and backed Israel’s genocidal campaign against the /alestinians. These are all facts that can be

verified by anyone, even people who never served in the military or saw combat at all.

%. You were !robably 6ust a dirt ba$ 4irman who wasn’t cut out "or the military and that’s

why you’re bitter and wron$ about e#erythin$.

I was a student leader 4green rope5 in tech school. I received many awards and s0uadron coins. Iwas told on many occasions that I was !a credit to myself and the %nited *tates )ir Dorce.# I was

fre0uently put in leadership positions above my pay grade. I wasn’t the most gung-ho super troop, but I was a model troop. *o if you’re going to base the truth of my words on the 0uality of my character then you should believe what I have to say about the %nited *tates military. Aut

you don’t have to take my word on anything. 1o your own research, and you’ll find everything

I’ve said here is true, and it still would be even if I was a dirt bag )irman, which I wasn’t.

&. 4ll the 7uestionable trainin$ methods and rules the military has are necessary because

they weed out the wea and !re!are the stron$ "or war. 4t worst it’s a necessary e#il but it

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ee!s you "ree. So en6oy your sel"(ri$hteous "reedom to whine on the internet while real

men ee! you sa"e.

I understand that no sane person would charge a beach under heavy gunfire, but somebodytheoretically has to do it. *o the military takes sane civilians and reprograms their minds to turn

them into zealous, suicidal killers, and it does this using the eact same brainwashing techni0uesused by death cults. This is illegal to do to anyone else, and it’s still unethical when the %.*.

government does it legally. I can accept that it re0uires etreme training techni0ues to preparesoldiers for the etreme stresses of war. :hat I can’t accept is the military lying to recruits,

telling them basic training will turn them into self-actualized adults, when it’s specifically

designed to break their sanity and take away their identity and free will. The problem here isn’tthat I need to shut up and stop being a pussy. The problem here is that the %.*. military should be

more transparent.

The argument that misleading and brainwashing volunteers is a necessary evil that has to take

 place in order to keep the rest of the )merican population free, doesn’t apply when the

)merican government keeps taking away its citizens’ freedom and privacy. :orse than that, itkeeps passing more laws that make it harder for the poor to have a decent 0uality of life . If 

)mericans were truly free, they would have the freedom to decide if they want their ta dollarsspent on brainwashing soldiers or endless wars, but )mericans don’t have that choice. They have

to pay their taes and fund the industrial war comple or go to $ail. If they protest against it,

they’ll be spied on, and if their protest is too successful, they’ll go to $ail. /eople are free tocriticize the government some times in some ways, but $ournalists who report criminal activity

committed by the )merican government are routinely $ailed.  That’s not freedom of speech.

That’s leeway of speech.

The problem isn’t that I don’t appreciate the sacrifices soldiers have made to protect my

freedoms. The problem is that my freedoms are being whittled away despite the sacrifices of soldiers. If you support the troops, then you shouldn’t get mad at me for pointing out that the

)merican government is systemically corrupt and manipulates its soldiers into believing they’redefending freedom when they’re really defending corruption. If you support the troops, then get

mad at the government that’s making a mockery of its soldiers’ sacrifices.

'. 3 was in the military and 3 en6oyed it. 8lus 3 $ot !aid well and learned #aluable 6ob sills.

/ence the military is $ood.

The fact that you en$oyed the military and got a lot out of it doesn’t change the fact that themilitary is a cult that treats its own troops in ways that are hands-down illegal to treat anyone

else. The benefits any troops do get out of the military are still stained with the shame of the

rights )merican citizens have lost and the blood of the civilians the )merican government haskilled.

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