Was wondering what you meant by that until I zoomed it a bit on the picture and realized it’s literally written on the stairs.

Especially when the US economy is basically stacked in such a way that the military is promoted as the only reliable path out of poverty for many (which the state also artificially maintains).

There’s a pipeline of high school to military recruitments for grads who have been convinced by their embedded ROTC recruiters that they have no other options.

What are those better options…?

Absolutely adorable.

It can be hard to snap a pic of the little guys, too. They’re in the habit of grabbing whatever they need out of the feeder and immediately flying away to eat it somewhere else, rather than chowing down there like most other species.