Army Strong: Should I join the Military?

It's a big question to ponder as I once did when I was 16. Perhaps your future self will thank you for hearing out the reasons as to why subjugation to a murderous hierarchy will not bloom happiness.
A speech given by Stefan Molyneux detailing, "Why to stay out of the Army."

This was given during one of his Sunday Call-in shows, which you can catch every Sunday at 4 pm - 6pm Est. time @ www.freedomainradio.com

Link to the rest of this conversation: http://www.freedomainradio.com/Traffic_Jams/FDR_1723_Sunday_Show_aug_15_2010.mp3

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• Why not to join the army
• Should I join the Army?

[ROTC44532]

....This guy manipulated the conversation by catching this YOUNG soldier offguard - had this soldier had more experience, life skills and education this idiot who is manipulating would have no standing in his pathetic argument. He is trying to use big words to manipulate this soldier to feeling weak or insignificant to him. He refuses to really let the soldier tell his point of view(Which sounds shakey- normal in NEW soldiers)What a coward -he shouldve called a SFC or CPT... Wouldve got owned.

[TheGodofAtheists]

@ROTC44532 How is that which you have condemned in him not the same disorder which you have just demonstrated and allow in yourself? You say he manipulates language.. while you provide no argument to counter his.

[17jnoriega]

good shit on this vid but i still want to join :)

[TheGodofAtheists]

@17jnoriega then join if you so want to. it's your choice, your future.

[Germany124]

I still don't understand. I've watched it twice and he says things that make me wonder. I've talked to many Active army and retired army soldiers, and none of them had anything negative to say about it. People have been fighthing for thousands of years, and suddenly fighting for your country is wrong? Basic training doesn't make you stronger? My uncle fought in Vietnam, and got shot 3 times in the leg, but he enjoyed fighting for his country, and doesn't regret it at all. More explaination?

[TheGodofAtheists]

@Germany124 In the popular mythology, war heroes are practically invincible, rarely complaining about the trauma of war. But if you google “suicide rates among veterans,” you’ll see the facts for yourself.

[hassanofarlington]

thank you very much you have cleared my mind i run 8.5 miles, i can do 72 push ups in a minute, 70 sit ups in 2 minutes i beileve i can do anything and i wanted to prove that by joining the navy seals , but it always haunts me that i will inevitably have to do something horrible to another human being, but courage is standing up for whats right not conforming to a system that controls you and has no moral values. i still beileve i am a warrior not a hypocrit that does good through evil actions.

[BiGoDeViN28]

@TheGodofAtheists Yes, because in mythology warriors came back and were praised. Vietnam soldiers came back and were shunned by their own people.

[mikhailpetrotski]

Godwin's Law!!! And also, McChrystal was not a Marine.

[GraciaTherin]

i agree with him and all of you who keep saying he's a weak brit I'm guessing you're from the southern US

[Itouchhelp91]

And for fucks sake, this stupid brit dont understand that there has to be people willing to sacrifice the comfort of there homeland in order to make it possible for it to even be considered home

[Itouchhelp91]

You DONT join the military for money. You DONT join the military because you are in a rut. You JOIN the military because you want to and have a passion to.

[Bassman9393]

@durge2007 great logic

[TheDondajonhon46]

"OMG!!! I'm a 34 year old man who still lives with his parents, and the only time I had pussy was when I shot of my mom and You want to join the Army? That's so bad! Even though I voted for Obama, I still somehow blame the Military for making this country so evil. I just think"... IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOU THINK! (Rock Bottom! Broke his neck) hahaha! Hoo-ah! Bitch

[snarfeater]

u want to enlist to be a killer murder children if u were ordered to? do u think your government cares? is it making me safe?to murder civilians invade countries?like what hitler did?