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Germany votes to bring in voluntary military service programme for 18-year-olds

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126 points petermcneeley | 3 comments | 06 Dec 25 19:19 UTC | HN request time: 0.506s | source
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appreciatorBus ◴[06 Dec 25 23:48 UTC] No.46177701[source]▶
> "We don't want to spend half a year of our lives locked up in barracks, being trained in drill and obedience and learning to kill," the organisers of the protests wrote in a statement posted on social media. "War offers no prospects for the future and destroys our livelihoods."

Is the idea that it’s better for your livelihood to just start learning how speak Russian now?

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hopelite[dead post] ◴[07 Dec 25 00:17 UTC] No.46177965[source]▶
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1. frmersdog ◴[07 Dec 25 01:37 UTC] No.46178426[source]▶
Wars are won on resolve, and mercenaries don't have any. The reason so many of these people fled to Europe in the first place was to avoid getting caught up in violence. They have zero reason to fight anything except the insistence that they fight.

Also, this is racist as hell, why isn't it flagged to death yet?

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2. flohofwoe ◴[08 Dec 25 12:17 UTC] No.46191390[source]▶
> Wars are won on resolve

That's what Hitler thought too...

From what I learned as typical 'armchair general', wars are usually won by superior logistics.

3. hopelite ◴[08 Dec 25 23:47 UTC] No.46199329[source]▶
Explain how it’s not just “racism” but also “as hell” “racial”. Is “as hell racism” like a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad, super special, makes you stomp your feet really hard, and you’ll hold your breath or else racism?