Warriors of Economy

The youth who enlist today are mostly economically deprived. This will only change with law forcing more to join; i.e. a draft which is even more unpopular than the current combat operations, which are not a war. The US is a republic; where the cream is supposed to rise to the top (Senate) and democratic votes are dicisive. Pure democracy exists in theory and very small groups only. But when elected voters, ie legislators are so under the thumb of banking and corporate forces to prevail in elections, because of the cost of mass media they own; our republic is a plutocracy.