WtfEvenIsExistence@reddthat.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 11 months agoDo you believe conscription is okay? Why or Why Not?message-squaremessage-square106fedilinkarrow-up1132arrow-down113
arrow-up1119arrow-down1message-squareDo you believe conscription is okay? Why or Why Not?WtfEvenIsExistence@reddthat.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square106fedilink
minus-squarerichieadler@lemmy.myserv.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·11 months 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-down1·11 months 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-up1·11 months 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.