schizoidman@lemmy.zip to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 5 days agoThousands of German pupils protest against military service plansdpa-international.comexternal-linkmessage-square40fedilinkarrow-up198arrow-down13
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minus-squareLordCrom@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2 days agoI favor a national vote to declare war. Everyone who votes Yes is conscripted into service. Most of the time, you arent defending your nation, youre invading another nation because they have: 1 Oil 2 strategic land 3 some valuable natural resource your country wants 4 some other religion Surprise if people do t want to blindly sign up to kill people over those.
minus-squareSchiffsmädchenjunge@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoCountries that invade others for resources and land traditionally aren’t very democratic in the first place. As nice as your idea sounds, it is unfortunately not viable.
I favor a national vote to declare war. Everyone who votes Yes is conscripted into service.
Most of the time, you arent defending your nation, youre invading another nation because they have:
1 Oil 2 strategic land 3 some valuable natural resource your country wants 4 some other religion
Surprise if people do t want to blindly sign up to kill people over those.
Countries that invade others for resources and land traditionally aren’t very democratic in the first place. As nice as your idea sounds, it is unfortunately not viable.