I think it'd blow a lot of people's minds to realize how young a lot of volunteers in WW1 and 2 were, or any war, for that matter. Sure, at the beginning of the war, guys obviously too young to shave will be turned back, but as it drags on, a draft is initiated, and the army gets desperate? They'll take anyone who seems willing and able to point a gun at the enemy. And adolescents are always out to "prove" themselves, it's a kind of law of nature. And war is how an apex species with no predators or diseases gets culled ... and as the thrill kill kultists will tell you, it's the young males that are amongst the "excess" you want to get rid of. Especially the stupid ones. Well, it culls the most aggressive, anyway.
Audie Murphy, aka the most famous US soldier of WWII, falsified his birthday so that he could join the Army. He was too young to join otherwise. WWII is absolutely jam packed with stories about kids lying about their age to join the military to get revenge on the "Japs".
That being said, I will by no means ever try to compare the kids of then to the kids of now. All the kids back then had to grow up really fuckin' fast because all their families were dirt poor and they all had to go to work to support their families. People these days are eternal children by comparison.
I think it'd blow a lot of people's minds to realize how young a lot of volunteers in WW1 and 2 were, or any war, for that matter. Sure, at the beginning of the war, guys obviously too young to shave will be turned back, but as it drags on, a draft is initiated, and the army gets desperate? They'll take anyone who seems willing and able to point a gun at the enemy. And adolescents are always out to "prove" themselves, it's a kind of law of nature. And war is how an apex species with no predators or diseases gets culled ... and as the thrill kill kultists will tell you, it's the young males that are amongst the "excess" you want to get rid of. Especially the stupid ones. Well, it culls the most aggressive, anyway.
Audie Murphy, aka the most famous US soldier of WWII, falsified his birthday so that he could join the Army. He was too young to join otherwise. WWII is absolutely jam packed with stories about kids lying about their age to join the military to get revenge on the "Japs".
That being said, I will by no means ever try to compare the kids of then to the kids of now. All the kids back then had to grow up really fuckin' fast because all their families were dirt poor and they all had to go to work to support their families. People these days are eternal children by comparison.
People who TRY TO BE ETERNAL CHILDREN (obsessive gaming addicts) are more mature than an entire fucking political party At this point!