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Re:Sweden brings back military conscription by zzzcpan on Thursday March 02, 2017 @12:50PM (#13776318)
It's all propaganda. Every war is based on this non-aggression principle and is a defensive war, offensive wars are long gone. If those in power want to fight a war on another country's soil, they simply invent a group of people they "need" to protect there, demonize the enemy and go to war there. Like Russia was "defending" russians in Georgia.
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Re:Sweden brings back military conscription by Kenji on Thursday March 02, 2017 @01:02PM (#13776470)
That's why I go by my own definition of defensive war, and not the government's ;)

And it's one more reason not to comply with conscription and sabotaging this authoritarian practice.

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Re:Sweden brings back military conscription by zzzcpan on Thursday March 02, 2017 @01:31PM (#13776778)
You should also recognize, that as long as other states use this authoritarian practice, every state would have to use a similar practice to protect the order it imposes on people from other states.

So, yeah, opposing a state is always a good idea. States are not your friends.

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