Re:Sweden brings back military conscription
by phicoh on Thursday March 02, 2017 @12:59PM
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This anecdotal, but it was suggested that after the Dutch government suspended conscription, the military lost easy access to lots of highly educated people. There is quite a large group of people with a university degree who can very quickly pick up the theory behind complex systems. The same group group will not sign up voluntarily.
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Re:Sweden brings back military conscription
by javier2 on Thursday March 02, 2017 @03:44PM
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This is actually true. When we took 100% of all able men in Norway, the got the top guys as well as the lump. Now, when it's gotten a lot easier to get out of conscription, a lot of the well people with other ambitions skip this.
Re:Sweden brings back military conscription
by walshemj on Thursday March 02, 2017 @02:36PM
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A few years ago we had a french student (ENA) placement for a year and he had sorted out his national service with the force de frappe.
Re:Sweden brings back military conscription
by tornadoboy55 on Thursday March 02, 2017 @01:55PM
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They will sign up voluntarily for a military that is decently funded (having to shout 'pew pew' in training because your training rounds have ran out is ridiculous.. and yes this is real). Plus a wage that would be semi-competitive with the civilian sector.