Timeline for Why do people risk death by joining Starfleet if not for money or preservation of their homes?
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| Oct 27, 2016 at 8:46 | comment | added | NoDataDumpNoContribution | "I am really a bit shocked that the questioner cannot imagine any motivation for a person to risk his or her life, besides big piles of cash." I agree there are many possible motivations. However, coming back to the army in the real world example - I sometimes wish nobody, just nobody would join in any war-like operation. It could be so simple. If no-one would be willing to take part in it, we wouldn't have any war. So some motivations in the real world might also be of a darker nature (ISIS for example). Of course, this is not the case for Starfleet (except Section 37 maybe). | |
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| Feb 24, 2015 at 11:20 | comment | added | Dan | Absolutely this - volunteer armed forces in most First World Countries are highly motivated and highly effective, yet most non-officer teeth-arm trades are fairly low paid. In addition to that, some countries such as the UK have a Reserve Army who pay a small fee to part time soldiers and match their pay if they're deployed. Nobody ever got rich from the joining the TA is the message they'll tell you - the money is just a sweetener for those who want to give their time. You could probably write a long thesis on why young men join the military, but I suspect money would be simply a footnote! | |
| Feb 24, 2015 at 9:28 | history | edited | Royal Canadian Bandit | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Feb 24, 2015 at 9:23 | history | answered | Royal Canadian Bandit | CC BY-SA 3.0 |