• malappapas@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    I live in a country with mandatory conscription.

    If the time served is reasonable and the army is organized enough to actually train you and take advantage of your skills, yes i’m all for it.

    If not, it just an excuse for permanent stuff to boss around people and make them do meaningless work to look busy.

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      1 year ago

      Indeed. Grew up in a country that phased it out just as I was coming of age. The whole problem was that it was way corrupt, useless, and worst case scenario - men in mid-30s with job, kids, mortgage got called in because the system was so broken.

      That is what did the system in. Everyone saw it would be useful to keep it. But we simply could not afford to find it properly or care enough to make more than a useless wasted year.