Pointing out that many draft dodgers went to, and remained in Canada has nothing to do with it being "your idea of Nirvana".
And while it's fine that you consider your country to be the best place on earth to live, FYI, among countries voted the best places to live, with the
highest quality of life and the highest "happiness" scores, the US doesn't even make the top 10. Canada is at #2 or #3, depending on which studies you
look at.
Anyone who declares the US to be "the greatest country on earth", as if that were some inarguable fact, has to willfully ignore the large percentage
of the population that lives in poverty, without access to decent medical care, education or job opportunities. The US also has the highest infant and
maternal death rates of any high-income country. And 54% of US adults have a literacy level of sixth grade or lower and 22% are functionally
illiterate.
And BTW, I wasn't dissing vets, not at all. While I am a pacifist and wish humans could solve their problems without killing each other, I am also
pragmatic and realize a military force is necessary. And while it's great that the military provided you with needed maturity, it just seems insane to
me to send 18 year olds, the future of a country, off to be cannon fodder.
[Edited on 11-11-2023 by surabi] |