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Does conscription mean sending poorly trained, disgruntled young people into battle, or can it encourage civic duty and help defend Europe?

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[โ€“] Gecko@feddit.de 20 points 1 year ago

Tbh, what annoys me the most is that conscription usually only applies to males. Stop taking gender into account and just make it apply to everyone...