The days of the small American military ended when the Shang brought down Yosemite Yards. I was one of those new volunteers. I remember they talked about the draft back then, but after seeing the number of people volunteering those talks ended real quick. America may not be full of people that enjoy being in the military, but we are full of people perfectly happy to bust someone up if they come trolling in our neck of the woods. And the Shang were real good trolls.
There are many virtual worlds running in time with the physical world that most people see. Second Life is the longest continually running virtual world, dating back to the turn of the millennium, and thousands more have come and gone over the centuries. Fantasy, historical, futuristic, and alternate reality worlds are most common, while many enterprising individuals have made fortunes by creating exact virtual copies of physical locations and opening them to the public.
World War II in Europe is largely considered the worst war ever waged on Earth by the Western Alliance. The National Socialist government of Germany waged a war for power and genetic purity. Over five million Jews, twenty five million Slavs, and as many as ten million Germans died in the resulting holocausts. Poland, Russia, and Germany were hardest hit, with between ten and twenty percent of their total population killed before the war ended. They were, quite literally, decimated.
We had a really small military when The War started. Sure we were building the new generation of warships and other stuff, but most of that was just political favors by politicians making certain to pay off their campaign contributors. But large-scale military spending was hard for politicians to support when the interviews started, so they bragged about how much money they transferred into social services. Yosemite changed that.
There are many virtual worlds running in time with the physical world that most people see. Second Life is the longest continually running virtual world, dating back to the turn of the millennium, and thousands more have come and gone over the centuries. Fantasy, historical, futuristic, and alternate reality worlds are most common, while many enterprising individuals have made fortunes by creating exact virtual copies of physical locations and opening them to the public.