Message from @scaryred24
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sure, but i also find our army to be elite and have very strict standards to who can participate to the extent that its very nearly a professional army
perhaps a militia without the expectation for it to ever be deployed onto foreign territitory would be more appropriate
Should be noted when I say our army I'm not talking about the US.
it would be expensive to train everyone to be even standard infantry in our army
oh sure, sorry 😛
Voting is an exercise of state power, and thereby a use of force. In order to vote one should first understand this. Military service could be one way to achieve that, but there are almost certainly others.
That, and military service does not in any way guarantee that a person will become a responsible adult. Some veterans do, some don't.
Actual (book) SST allows for non military service iirc
its a benefit to everyone to be trained in self defense, so it would go that there should be some level of basic training that at least all people without some kind of genetic disorder could pass. this would not be the same as basic training for current standing militaries. There would still be the volunteer level of actual combat level troops. This would only be compulsory once 17 or 18 or something. But once out of compulsory basic, you'd go into some form of social service: EMT, Firefighter, police, dumping ground for the useless, etc. while doing your tour of duty in the respective area, perhaps a basic 2 year community college or trade school level education could be given, although passing of that would not be required. I think it would help social cohesion as a shared experience everyone in the nation could have. You could also use it for forcing integration of incoming immigrants. What to stay here? Get through your 3-4 years social service. You will have the option to be sent home, no harm no foul, feel free to try again kind of deal.
now, that said, there is still problems with this
1) people who just can't do it for whatever reason. birth defects, genetic disorders, medical problems, what have you
2) it could be very costly which can be hard to justify
3) the larger the population this is applied to, the more unmanageable it becomes, most likely, for several reasons such as the larger the area, the harder it is for people who really don't want to do this to move away. You have a lot less physical distance to move to leave central US compared to like, anywhere in denmark for example. Also the larger the less cost effective i image
more overhead for less and less returns
what about "owo"s?
but that guy just said it was ok
dunno what it is about anime and my little pony fans, they just feel the need to share their stuff with everyone constantly
at leastthats true for people i personally know
maybe i just have weird friends...
i dont share it all
ye. maybe sampling error xD
I post random stuff until I find something that triggers someone
Thank you.
i share basically nothing
Man, what happened to that guy?
Thank you, friend!
that guy?
oh
Thank you friend
I have no fucking idea
my other handle has pm's from him
He was pretty funny in voice chat too