I get where you’re coming from, I get admiring bravery, but I don’t really believe it’s *that" brave, compared to many other things which require great bravery in civilian life.
The US didn’t abandon conscription because they had enough willing people to sign up, they just changed strategy. Conscription failed in Vietnam, and the US turned to CIA and special ops death squads to persecute its illegal wars. The job of the ordinary military member is just to support those, which is gross and frankly cowardly as well.
If they didn’t do it, you wouldn’t have to, nobody has to do that. IMO it’s far braver to reject the so called “necessity” of participating. The threat of being ostracised by your society can be just as scary as being shot at with your buddies at your side.
I get where you’re coming from, I get admiring bravery, but I don’t really believe it’s *that" brave, compared to many other things which require great bravery in civilian life.
The US didn’t abandon conscription because they had enough willing people to sign up, they just changed strategy. Conscription failed in Vietnam, and the US turned to CIA and special ops death squads to persecute its illegal wars. The job of the ordinary military member is just to support those, which is gross and frankly cowardly as well.
If they didn’t do it, you wouldn’t have to, nobody has to do that. IMO it’s far braver to reject the so called “necessity” of participating. The threat of being ostracised by your society can be just as scary as being shot at with your buddies at your side.