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Schools in America apparently have their own army recruiter (lemmy.world)

submitted 9 months ago by robocall@lemmy.world to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world

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[–] unionagainstdhmo@aussie.zone 7 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I'm of the opinion that when a democracy forces you into the military there will be no democracy left to defend

[–] jj4211@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Well, depends.

Note that US military history picks me from trusting them in this fashion, but if mandatory military service were: -severely limited term -purely domestic (prepare for defense from active attacks, relief, and rescue) -not used in any vaguely law enforcement capacity.

Then I could see that as possibly reasonable.

Of course I'd be skeptical that a nation would display that sort of restraint, but just saying I could imagine a hypothetical that included that

[–] unionagainstdhmo@aussie.zone 3 points 9 months ago

In Australia we had conscription in WW2 where the Citizen Military Force could only operate in Australia... but they changed it to include PNG so I guess your skepticism is justified. Then for Vietnam and Korea (why were we involved???) we had conscription for overseas.

[–] Miaou@jlai.lu 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

I think you just described most military services actually (from democratic nations at least)

[–] TheControlled@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

HA! Sure, like countries that are protected by the US military? Like countries insulated on all sides by close allies? C'mon.

Also, America is the superpower. Nobody comes close to their wealth and power and military technology, and superpowers don't become or stay superpowers by being totally chill and getting cats out of trees. I would fucking love that alt-universe though. Sadly, it's power by force or show-of-force. USA kinda straddles the line of both. But so does France, India, and Finland, to name a few.

[–] sunbeam60@lemmy.one 3 points 9 months ago

Have you seen the Nordics? They manage both pretty well.