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Re:Sweden brings back military conscription by Nullabillity on Thursday March 02, 2017 @10:50AM (#13774909)
So... 9 month brainwashing camps? That doesn't exactly sound like a good idea either.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-35456535 :

> "I always had a dream to come back as an officer and to do it here on Gotland and establish a new unit, it's perfect," he tells me.

That's exactly the kind of people who have no business even being in charge of what they themselves eat for breakfast. This mess makes me ashamed of my country.

Re:Sweden brings back military conscription by zzzcpan on Thursday March 02, 2017 @11:24AM (#13775302)
No army can exist without brainwashing. The only difference between volunteers and conscripts is that volunteers are not threatened/tricked into joining, but are incentivized to do so. Plus there is always a lot of government propaganda pushing "patriotism", trying to make military look "cool", shaming those avoiding service, etc, making some more willing to volunteer and some conscripts not opposing to it as much.