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Cake day: July 9th, 2023

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  • It’s the only way of having a truly “popular” army, one you can’t have to do your shortsighted near-term political objectives, but will only really stand to defend their own.

    There are many pitfalls in such endeavours : the first not having an entire brainwashed target population for service (no, I’m not going to name names: there are just too many), the main second is having both alternatives possible for true pacifists & no easy way of avoiding it / having it too easy through class or education etc.

    Belgium used to have a choice of 1 year military or …2 years civil service. I think it was fair, if you really can’t stand to bear arms, go lift gurneys and wash hospitals floors for 2 years.

    In any case, it is always better than a “professional” army where (mostly) clueless kids exchange their literal lives for a salary, some form of job security and stuff.