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this post was submitted on 23 Dec 2023
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Lowest in...80 years? That doesn't sound right. Wasn't there like, a big war or something 80 years ago and the US conscripted a whole bunch of people?
1943 saw 8 million people in the US military, we have to go back to 1941 to see it smaller than it is today.
I was mainly joking, but I think it is interesting that they use the term "in 80 years" rather than "before ww2." The second paints a very different picture and might have Americans question why their military has needed to be so large, bigger than it was during the biggest war in history.