US has smallest military in over 80 years as enlistment hits lowest since 1941🎉 (www.mirror.co.uk)

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[-] ksynwa@lemmygrad.ml 40 points 11 months ago

When the army has to resort to Twitch streams to advertise recruitment you know the situation is dire.

[-] ButtigiegMineralMap@lemmygrad.ml 28 points 11 months ago

The next time you’re on Tiktok, try to scroll thru 10 different Live streams, I can nearly guarantee you, if you live in the USA, you WILL get at least one military person doing a live stream and being like “yup just another day at work, Im just chilling” like maybe it sounds conspiratorial but I feel like they’re PsyOps, there’s no way they’re actually on break, it’s all PR

[-] TankieTanuki@hexbear.net 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Technically all ads are psy-ops.

Edit: Oh I see, it didn't identify itself as an ad nvm

[-] ButtigiegMineralMap@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 11 months ago

Exactly and tbh I would even understand if they were doing official PR in their streams, but the whole “nah Im not working rn, im just on break” element seems slightly forced/a bit weird that there are so many suggested

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