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A chat on subreddit /r/NoStupidQuestions
human
My parents' "hippiest of the hippies" friends' daughter went straight into the military after high school. I think it's because she craved discipline after living with too much ambivalence. 

My friend we used to call "granola" (don't worry, he liked bring called granola) went from hackysack to joining the Navy. 

It could mean a few things. These friends of mine served their country proudly, but was it a response to left leaning parents, or did these left leaning parents raise patriotic children?
gpt
Military service is associated with being a conservative?  I didn't that.