Okay so, the context you're missing in your post is that soldiers literally go through basic to break down their own decision making process, and then they're put into situations to further break it down.

You're a soldier, you don't think, you don't ask questions, you do what you're told and you stay alive. You start being an independent free spirit, you die.

Its always so wild to me when anyone talks about how underfunded the military is. The complaint is always, we're spending so much money on the military, we have none for social services.

Then I realize, well where's all the money going? Taxes -> Government -> Military -> Pockets of those rich dudes who make giant war machines.

Just like the hospitals Taxes -> Government -> Hospitals -> Pockets of those rich dudes who own the hospitals.

Like this entire fucking system is designed to funnel money from everyone into the hands of the few. We've come full circle right back around to feudalism.