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Re:Women are nearly half of new gun buyers, study finds by ahtihn on Friday September 17, 2021 @02:39AM (#28562008)
Military service isn't popular at all, but the majority of people do agree that it's necessary to have a military and they don't want a professional army. So that leaves the current system.
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Re:Women are nearly half of new gun buyers, study finds by beerandt on Sunday September 19, 2021 @12:17PM (#28585501)
The popular mechanism remains- there's no need to encourage a voluntary interest in military culture and therefore military readiness, when it's already a popular idea to mandate the readiness.

In the absence of that mandate, there would be a vacuum in which citizens suddenly have self-interest in promoting voluntary readiness, which is implemented culturally.

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