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    10 months ago

    I believe it is a good idea, not only will it foster a closer feeling of unity and understanding between citizens, it will also be something all citizens have in common, and something you can talk about with anyone.

    I am a bit sad that I never got to do it, I did muster, but failed the hearing test, at the time I was relieved, but now, I miss it sort of.

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        10 months ago

        Technically it is true, war has created plenty of friendships that would not have existed otherwise.

        However, that is not what I wrote, I wrote that compulsory millitary service is in general a good idea and that one of benefits is unity and understanding between citizens.

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              Because you are finding a trivial benefit to something bad and pretending that’s normal. You can go be a scout, have a sports team, a million other things to have camaraderie. But no, you want the fucking military. In a time when everybody is jerking off to war and finding excuses to enact shit you want the army because friends.

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                Yes you are right on all those points, but the topic was mandatory military service, not scouting, joining a sports team or a million other things.

                Is it strange that I focus on the topic of conversation and not list irrelevant topics?

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      10 months ago

      Being forced to risk your life for something you don’t believe in won’t create a feeling of unity.

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      10 months ago

      If you want to bring people together create a program to do such thing. Forcing them into a shooting at people and dropping bombs course is the worst thing you could possibly come up with.

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    10 months ago

    Since taking office at the beginning of 2023, Defense Minister Boris Pistorius has been thinking about ways to make the Bundeswehr more attractive as a career.

    No amount of money or benefits will ever make me a government’s boot licker. Sorry, not sorry