WtfEvenIsExistence@reddthat.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoDo you believe conscription is okay? Why or Why Not?message-squaremessage-square86fedilinkarrow-up1132arrow-down113
arrow-up1119arrow-down1message-squareDo you believe conscription is okay? Why or Why Not?WtfEvenIsExistence@reddthat.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square86fedilink
minus-squarerichieadler@lemmy.myserv.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·1 year agoAnnihilation of critical thinking, cultivation of blind obedience, proportion of violence as the main way of resolving conflict. Yeah, that’s not bad at all.
minus-squarelungdart@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoNot all militaries function in this way. I’m sorry yours does. As an example, Israel has the concept of Rosh Gadol which empowers members of it’s service to be better than the system itself.
minus-squarerichieadler@lemmy.myserv.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoGiven the atrocities committed, I’d say they’ve failed utterly.
Annihilation of critical thinking, cultivation of blind obedience, proportion of violence as the main way of resolving conflict. Yeah, that’s not bad at all.
Not all militaries function in this way. I’m sorry yours does.
As an example, Israel has the concept of Rosh Gadol which empowers members of it’s service to be better than the system itself.
Given the atrocities committed, I’d say they’ve failed utterly.