{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "Can't help thinking about how the Cold War \"peace dividend\" was diverted from masculine professions like soldiering and...", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/623281196263178240/", "html": "<p>Can&rsquo;t help thinking about how the Cold War &ldquo;peace dividend&rdquo; was diverted from masculine professions like soldiering and engineering to feminine &ldquo;helping professions&rdquo; like teaching and nursing under Clinton and Dubya (NCLB!), and how much of our culture since that explains</p><p><br/></p><p>And now they&rsquo;re like wait, you expect me to <i>risk my life</i> in service of <i>existential social function</i> as defined by <i>the elected government that funds me</i>?</p>"}