Comments by "" (@redtela) on "Why Gen Z Reject the Military: A Pilot's Insight" video.

  1. Tim, the lads serving, and some of the government think you're a nationalist? Have any of them got a copy of the dictionary? If not, here's what mine says: "a person who strongly identifies with their own nation and vigorously supports its interests, especially to the exclusion or detriment of the interests of other nations." Now, I may be wrong, I often am, but that... errr... sounds almost patriotic. (Again, for those without dictionaries on shelves, patriotic: "having or expressing devotion to and vigorous support for one's country.") I guess the hang up is on the latter part of nationalism, the exclusion or detriment of other nations. Quite easy for people without dictionaries to get confused though, it seems.
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  2. Oh, and Gen Z, I just had to look up that term on Google, it's not in my dictionary. Some of those folks work for me. Some applicants I've had in front of me are just bone idle lazy. Not really that different to any other generation, and if I as an employer, don't offer competitive rates, then the motivated folks go elsewhere. I don't run the RAF, obviously, but my civvy street experience says "If you don't want to lose folk, pay them what they're worth, don't listen to people who like to count beans."
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