Scary. I had no one to hold me and tell me it would all be okay :[
by Daddy..."Drill Practice"... Sounds like weekend warrior BS... I'm not in the national gaurd...
Your assumptions are incorrect Good Sir.
I was infact on a soul voyage to find my inner purpose...
Just kidding I was out killin folks...
How you been?
Granted you are what you claim to be, I'm under the impression you're not allowed to say. Times are interesting.
As for me, everything's the same I'm fine.
Hey daddy, how's life?
People have been somewhat more open as of late, so I guess that's a change. There have been a lot of topics I could personally appreciate, maybe you will appreciate some of them too.
(in no particular order:)
http://sociopath-community.com/topic/2013-12-28/happiness
http://sociopath-community.com/topic/2013-12-28/lying
http://sociopath-community.com/topic/2013-12-20/a-global-call-to-arms-boycott-mainstream-media
http://sociopath-community.com/topic/2013-12-20/stress-and-vacation
http://sociopath-community.com/topic/2013-12-10-00-35/fate-vs-choice
http://sociopath-community.com/topic/2013-12-07-09-20/karmic-justice-your-experiences-or-views
http://sociopath-community.com/topic/2013-12-08-20-29/ego-its-pitfalls-and-benefits
http://sociopath-community.com/topic/2013-12-16/living-with-dissociation
http://sociopath-community.com/topic/2013-12-10-00-57/what-about-bullying
http://sociopath-community.com/topic/2013-12-16/name-one-thing
http://sociopath-community.com/topic/2014-01-01/narcisstic-men
http://sociopath-community.com/topic/2013-12-30/concrete-and-abstract-thinking
I imagine soldiers in finland aren't quite the same as those in the states, but that's purely assumption. I base that assumption on the fact that Americans are constantly in some conflict or another and that Finland is has been neutral since 1948. Also, the American military is an all volunteer force since the Vietnam war in the late 1960s. I imagine that would lead to a much different mindset toward serving in the two military's.
As for bullies in the military. It certainly has it's fair share of low functioning sociopaths with power hungry, toxic, abusive types. But there have been alot of initiations in the past 20 or so years to root them out... How effective those initiatives have been is... another story. I for one know I didn't join to bully people... Not really my thing, I prefer subversive mental manipulation to outward abuse, though, I have certainly had to perform "corrective actions" on insubordinate soldiers... Real leadership comes from your ability to provide purpose, motivation, and direction to those under you. That is a much more satisfying way to control others, if you ask me. And it makes you look like a good guy, which has its own rewards.
But why did I join?
I grew up in a small rural town to a lower middle class family, My job opportunities consisted of working in fast food, farming, or a factory if I was lucky. No one in my family had been to college before, it wasn't even a thought really. I knew if I stayed I'd have spent my life doing something that was... beneath me, something unsatisfying. I knew there was a big world out there, that I deserved to experience and I wanted adventure, travel, education... I wanted a life worth living, something I could take pride in. I wanted a story worth telling.
But there are alot of concrete perks: Free college education, additional training that I can use outside of the military, $400,000 life insurance, Great medical and dental, good pay, I would always have food in my belly and a roof over my head and I'd get to travel, I'd get to see the world, meet new people and on some occasions, I'd get to kill them and get medals for doing so. Oh and did I mention I'd get to jump out of planes and helecopters and play with powerful explosives? have access to the greatest gyms i've ever been too, so i stay in great shape and get paid for doing it...
Why wouldn't you join the military? Sure, occasionally you gotta take some shit and do things you don't wanna do... sure, sometimes life is hard... but that's fuckin life man... I'll take the bad... especially if it comes with all that good...
Nah the reason most people don't join is because they're pussies... deep down inside, they're afraid that one day they will get that call and have to give up the one thing they really have of value... Themselves...
But the secret is realizing... we're all on barrowed time... and personally if I had to choose between a bullet to the head or a slow death in a hospital bed... I'd take the bullet every time...
“I would rather be ashes than dust!I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry-rot.I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.The function of man is to live, not to exist.I shall not waste my days trying to prolong them.I shall use my time.†― Jack London
I'm not a sociopath although at that time I was probably acting very similar to a low-functioning sociopath.
Traveling, adventuring and studying are a good reason. I guess the alternative would have been very boring. I was from a pretty poor neighborhood so in some sense I can relate. The barriers between the rich and the poor are mostly social (the reason you have a lot less members of poorer families studying in universities at least).
I take it you're not against killing people. Why?
Thanks for sharing.