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RE: ̲3̲ ̲R̲e̲a̲s̲o̲n̲s̲ ̲y̲o̲u̲ ̲s̲h̲o̲u̲l̲d̲ ̲j̲o̲i̲n̲ ̲t̲h̲e̲ ̲a̲r̲m̲y̲ ̲o̲f̲ ̲y̲o̲u̲r̲ ̲c̲o̲u̲n̲t̲r̲y̲.̲
I cannot on good conscience support your thesis, because joining the military necessarily means three things:
Military service means service to the State, and government does not serve the interest of the people.
Everything the military has is provided by the government, and everything the government has must be plundered from the productive economy. The government's monopoly nature precludes voluntary exchange or rational economic calculation.
Every economic and technological "benefit" you cite demonstrates the fallacy explored by Frédéric Bastiat in That Which Is Seen, and That Which Is Not Seen.