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    I’m not sure what other sensible alternative there is for Finland than conscription.

    What’s the alternative to slavery? How do we get our food without a slave forced to farm 14h a day?

    Actually funnily enough people are surprisingly supportive of expanding the conscription

    So supportive that if they refuse to go they go to jail.

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      What’s the alternative to slavery? How do we get our food without a slave forced to farm 14h a day?

      I didn’t mean it rhetorically, how would you ensure a credible defence for Finland? It’s the big issue.

      So supportive that if they refuse to go they go to jail.

      I’m talking about polls lol. And by voting the people are giving their concent to the system. That includes us who are forced to serve.

      And most people who don’t want to do conscription go to civil service. Working in a library, school, such things. For women the whole thing is voluntary.

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        I didn’t mean it rhetorically, how would you ensure a credible defence for Finland? It’s the big issue.

        Allowing people to defend themself as they want and not forcing them into an authoritarian army with jail as a repercussion would ensure a better defense if you ask me. Drafting people by force only benefit the government and rulers not people.

        And most people who don’t want to do conscription go to civil service. Working in a library, school, such things. For women the whole thing is voluntary.

        https://www.thelocal.se/20190404/sweden-hands-out-first-jail-terms-for-draft-evasion