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From: The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid>
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: The joy of actual numbers, was Democracy
Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2024 13:17:34 +0000
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On 03/11/2024 19:16, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
> On 2024-11-03, The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> 
>> On 02/11/2024 21:07, D wrote:
>>
>>> In terms of crime of ex-military, another factor could be what they did
>>> and experienced while in the military, and how well prepare they were to
>>> enter society again after the military.
>>
>> A lot of organised crime post WWII was ex military, they basically
>> having been taught to do it.
>>
>> Also we had many many tramps (hobos) - ex servicemen suffering from what
>> we would now call PTSD, that simply couldn't deal with peace time.
>>
>> Not many came back from war undamaged in some way. If they came back at
>> all..
> 
> Some became mercenaries because they just couldn't adapt to peacetime.
> 
Yes. Its amazing how much English is spoken by people fighting the 
Russians in Ukraine.
I've heard London, Canadian, Australian, South African...in various 
videos...
-- 
“People believe certain stories because everyone important tells them, 
and people tell those stories because everyone important believes them. 
Indeed, when a conventional wisdom is at its fullest strength, one’s 
agreement with that conventional wisdom becomes almost a litmus test of 
one’s suitability to be taken seriously.”

Paul Krugman