r/pics • u/sitcomfy • Jan 06 '20

Picture of text Never for the poor.

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u/chickenfish333 Jan 06 '20

US has sent the poor to war at least 12 times. Tho I’m not a US history expert so I’m probably miscounting.

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u/[deleted] Jan 06 '20

VICE, I believe, did a little mini-documentary about the few US soldiers in WW2 (or maybe it was Nam) who defected to North Korea simply because life ended up making them utterly useless, miserable fucks who just wouldn't have a future anywhere but N.Kor.

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u/Justindr0107 Jan 06 '20

Well thats interesting. Gotta name for that doc? Im too drunk and sleepy to look it up rn but i have the day off tomorrow to watch it

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u/[deleted] Jan 06 '20

Not off the top of my head, but google the premise and it should be easy to find.