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Conscription is resurging across Europe. Is that a good thing? (www.euronews.com)
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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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[+] -13 points 2 years ago (2 children)

The EU was formed explicitly to prevent new wars from happening in the continent. At this point we should reconsider this and admit something has gone terribly wrong. We just elected a whole new set of greedy beurocrats and politicians...

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  • [โ€“] 17 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    The EU was formed explicitly to prevent new wars from happening in the continent. At this point we should reconsider this and admit something has gone terribly wrong.

    Why? There are still no wars between EU countries. As such, the EU has been a huge success ^^

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  • [โ€“] -2 points 2 years ago

    Nonetheless we are directly experiencing an economy of war and "military law"-like measures like reintroduction of conscription, extremely patriotistic news, war industry on the surge. Plus a rising of neonazi and neofascist movements. Seems to me that all these "let's collaborate and respect each other" went completely neglected.

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