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I don't know a ton about scouts, but they've always felt like literal military preparation cults to me.
Not really... they teach you how to be a decent human within a community
Having experienced both environments they are nothing like each other at all
But the roots of scouting come from the military. Lord Baden-Powell called them scouts at they were literally using training for military scouts as a basis for their organization. It is definitely different but it is based from a military mindset
You've never been in the Scouts. It's community building and becoming a better, more able person through skill development and mentoring. When it works.