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brentmyesterday at 7:53 PM1 replyview on HN

Reminds me more of Peace Corps.


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wongarsuyesterday at 8:22 PM

Which itself is named after a military term, and has been described in the terms of a military campaign, just for peace. Wikipedia begins the history of the Peace Corps with an article titled "A Proposal for a Total Peace Offensive". Followed later by 'In 1952 Senator Brien McMahon (D-Connecticut) proposed an "army" of young Americans to act as "missionaries of democracy"'