[...Maka, the military was run by the monsters...]
Oh, no, it was nothing nearly that grand; our government is highly militarized - there's a hierarchy that dictates who runs the country, culminating with the head of state/head of government, rather than any sort of democracy.
[Democracy has always struck him as a painfully stupid idea, anyway.]
Those who aren't involved in that hierarchy are in the military for the same reason most in other armies seem to be - we're tasked with serving and defending our country. We haven't known peace in hundreds of years; we're almost always at war with someone.
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Oh, no, it was nothing nearly that grand; our government is highly militarized - there's a hierarchy that dictates who runs the country, culminating with the head of state/head of government, rather than any sort of democracy.
[Democracy has always struck him as a painfully stupid idea, anyway.]
Those who aren't involved in that hierarchy are in the military for the same reason most in other armies seem to be - we're tasked with serving and defending our country. We haven't known peace in hundreds of years; we're almost always at war with someone.