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[–] [email protected] 20 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I fully support Ukraine in its defense against Russia's invasion, but holy shit conscription is evil. There's no way I'd want to see my kids drafted to their deaths.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I was surprised to read last week that the average age of the mostly volunteer army up to now is 43.

[–] AngryCommieKender 5 points 5 months ago

Makes sense to me. If I were any sort of combat specialist, I'd volunteer. I however wouldn't be very useful, as they use a different type of reactor to the ones I was trained on.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

shit conscription is evil

This is kinda a weird take. War is evil but conscription is a universal aspect of every total war. Every country on earth reserves the right to conscript its citizens in the case of national emergency.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Yeah, it sucks that we live in a world where we have to fight fascism.

Do it anyways.