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0 pointslotsofpulp5y ago0 comments

I think mandatory military service is the only way to get sufficient people interested in participating and educating themselves about current issues to have a functional democracy.

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qqssccfftt5y ago

Mandatory military service is nothing more than nationalistic brainwashing.

lotsofpulpOP5y ago

I think all this praise for people that go into the military as having “served” and whatnot is nationalistic brainwashing. I really don’t see any other option for Americans to start caring about what their politicians do than to make them personally feel it.

Nasrudith5y ago

That has failed miserably for getting people to care - at least as they should because of attributation. It is their bread and butter to claim successes they had nothing to do with pin their failures on their foes or a scapegoat who is now their foe.

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