Are you debating cadetships in general, or the current J* cadetship?
I tend to agree with
AH: That is, cadetships in general aren't necessarily a bad thing.
Besides, there are plenty of "cadet vs. GA vs. Mil" threads on Prune. I doubt very much whether you'll get any points of view on this thread that haven't been thrashed out in the other ones.
The current J* cadetship, OTOH, is little short of financial slavery, IMHO
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