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by otoburb 524 days ago
>>Maybe the military is just that good at filtering out those types during psychological testing, or maybe belonging is far more important than ideology.

The more mundane reason is probably because it's more appealing to use those skills to enter law enforcement or become a private military contractor than knowingly and overtly breaking away from society to form and maintain an organization that uses violence to achieve specific political aims.