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

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126 points petermcneeley | 1 comments | 06 Dec 25 19:19 UTC | HN request time: 0s | 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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anonym29[dead post] ◴[07 Dec 25 00:07 UTC] No.46177893[source]▶
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crooked-v ◴[07 Dec 25 00:12 UTC] No.46177930[source]▶
The problem is, if Russian takes over they'll just conscript you and send you to die in a ditch anyway.
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anonym29 ◴[07 Dec 25 00:13 UTC] No.46177940[source]▶
Great, I'll go sign up to die in a ditch for a war I oppose to avoid being forced to die in a ditch for a war I oppose.
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appreciatorBus ◴[07 Dec 25 00:25 UTC] No.46178024[source]▶
It sounds like you believe life in western democracy is exactly the same as life in modern imperial Russia, like if you could choose, you would have no preference whatsoever?
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1. xanderlewis ◴[07 Dec 25 11:09 UTC] No.46180879[source]▶
> The UK locks up more people for speech crimes than Russia does.

Do you think there might be a fairly obvious reason for that?