...is how it totally fucks people up.
I've known numerous ex-military people in my time and, whether they've seen combat or not, they often come out of it broken people.
Why is this?
Is it the techniques of breaking the trainee down and rebuilding them used in basic training?
Or something else?
For me it seems that basic training closely equates with the kind of brainwashing techniques used by cult organisations, this combined with the lack of after-care when people leave, seems to leave a lot of people broken shells of their former selves.
I've known numerous ex-military people in my time and, whether they've seen combat or not, they often come out of it broken people.
Why is this?
Is it the techniques of breaking the trainee down and rebuilding them used in basic training?
Or something else?
For me it seems that basic training closely equates with the kind of brainwashing techniques used by cult organisations, this combined with the lack of after-care when people leave, seems to leave a lot of people broken shells of their former selves.
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