>>6986882people who sign up these days either fall for the "we'll pay for college and do all this other shit" the military never delivers, or they're racists itching to kill lots of brown people.
The government wants you to fight, but when you do they'll toss you aside- see all the Vietnam vets the US government cut loose to live homeless and disabled, ones they drafted against their will to fight an unpopular war. Dying in a war is probably the only optimal outcome.