Prompted by another thread about conscription in Ukraine.

  • beefalo
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    25 months ago

    If the country is invading you, doesn’t that make them de-facto worse?

    Conscription is a necessary tool for a defense effort. There are countries (Sweden, Norway) where conscription serves more as a mandatory civil service period. Those programs give citizens a much greater understanding of their government and society.

    • @LesserAbeOP
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      35 months ago

      I don’t know, to use an extreme example, if I lived in Nazi Germany I would probably resist conscription.