Playing video games and receiving welfare while living with the parents is probably not a bad choice for those with few opportunities. I would not want to do dead-end jobs just to never be able to own my own home and have a wife and children etc.
The way society is structured is currently exactly like classic slavery for a certain class of people, and this needs to stop.
...but hasn't this audience been the primary audience for military recruiters? Promise more-or-less young and healthy men a chance to get out of their shitty home town, earn some money, and maybe a paid education?
There are benefits, but I think many people feel they aren't worth the risk of death or PTSD. I don't blame them, I wouldn't want to get shot at for $20k/year either.