return2ozma@lemmy.world to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world · 6 days agoMore people are joining the military. A shaky US job market could be boosting the numbers.www.businessinsider.comexternal-linkmessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up1241arrow-down16
arrow-up1235arrow-down1external-linkMore people are joining the military. A shaky US job market could be boosting the numbers.www.businessinsider.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world · 6 days agomessage-square39fedilink
minus-squarebigfondue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·6 days agoThis is the exact reason the Continental Army was disbanded after the revolution, to prevent this from happening.
minus-squareCaptain Aggravated@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 days agoThe US constitution implies we’re not meant to have a peacetime army. It gives congress powers to “raise” an army and “raise and maintain” a navy.
This is the exact reason the Continental Army was disbanded after the revolution, to prevent this from happening.
The US constitution implies we’re not meant to have a peacetime army. It gives congress powers to “raise” an army and “raise and maintain” a navy.