I think mandatory military service is likely a good thing for a population (maybe not the individual). With a highly trained population, volunteering would likely increase and reduce the need for conscription during times of war.
The benefits of military service for young adults are numerous. Discipline, exercise, comeradity, professional exposure, etc. Could reduce some of the mental issues we see due to isolation through technology. Of course I’m taking in peace time.
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.
Yes, because the army is a good place to form well behaved, totally stable young adults and is not a place where far right radicals get gun training and recruit people that can easily be influenced 👍
I think mandatory military service is likely a good thing for a population (maybe not the individual). With a highly trained population, volunteering would likely increase and reduce the need for conscription during times of war.
The benefits of military service for young adults are numerous. Discipline, exercise, comeradity, professional exposure, etc. Could reduce some of the mental issues we see due to isolation through technology. Of course I’m taking in peace time.
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.
Yes, because the army is a good place to form well behaved, totally stable young adults and is not a place where far right radicals get gun training and recruit people that can easily be influenced 👍
There are many very left leaving countries with mandatory military training now and in the past.
You may be significant referring to the US military, and in that instance I completely agree with you.