Ehhh, you’d be surprised what the modern drawing board can do.

Look, I might not know much about this whole “reading and writing” thing, but I do know them smary pants billionaires do it all the time and they all ended up being child rapists so I sure and hell ain’t gonna try to learn it.

Soldiers are trained to believe they are a replaceable cog, and they have no agency. They’re collecting a paycheck and going to work like everyone else.

Its the same ethos as its always been: Pray you don’t get deployed before your contract is up, figure out how to delegate responsibility, and enjoy the ride to upper-poor class.