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UK and other NATO allies urged to consider conscription as Ukraine war enters third year (news.sky.com)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

Yeah I've always thought mandatory reserve training seemed like a good idea. Give everyone some basic life skills, team building, athleticism, and show them how shitty war would be to encourage peace.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago

You get none of those things from mandatory enlistment. What you do get is military pigs abusing their power and a bunch of young people being used as slaves until their time is over.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

If you really want to accomplish this you can achieve it with civilian work corps and the like. You don't need to make it a military only process, claiming it would would show just why making it a military only process is actually problematic.