Marxist thought (the Communist Manifesto) calls for a new state in which the class system is torn down, when the workers, the people, are equal. Many say that the military is an example of this, they see that privates across the branches, regardless of their job, make the same pay. Yet they fail to take into account the extremely structured system that exists inside the military. Each soldier makes the same pay based off of rank and time in the military, but does not take into account the training or job they hold. On top of that the officer and enlisted ranks are taught different, they are handled differently, and their pay is vastly different because they want to breed to separate cultures. The military functions off of the existence of "the workers" and the "wealthy", and they use the non-commisioned officers to function as the burgess. The military is the exact opposite of what communists are trying to embody, the military is feudalism. The workers owe the military their life for the duration of their contract, they are paid and housed by owned by the government. Every officer signs for the equipment and enlisted under his command.
There is no "equality" the class structure has not been broken down. Even a "communist" military goes against the ideas of Marx. The only truly communist culture would be found in nature, the hive mind, the ability to work for the whole and not just for the singular individual.
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