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by mmooss 124 days ago
Soldiers need to kill people, but you don't want sociopathic soldiers - you want the opposite: Someone who can handle their emotions, not someone who hides from them, runs from them, or tries to bury or ignore them. The latter are not stable or reliable under stress.
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Than how do you explain the marine corps? The average enlisted marine is a sociopath. You have to be to get through the crucible.