• AggressivelyPassive@feddit.de
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    6 months ago

    It’s a serious proposal, but not as a universal conscription. It’s intended to only call everyone in for the health check and use that as a way to get young people interested in the army.

    There are different models floating around, the most serious being that everyone (including women) gets called in and you basically choose between civil service and army. The civilian side can ramp up slots rather quickly, the army doesn’t. So the army probably will ramp up over several years.

    Also, I wouldn’t call 100 billion € a “modest increase”.

    • volvoxvsmarla @lemm.ee
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      6 months ago

      To be honest, conscription aside, I think a gap year of civil service would be a good idea. It gives you a break from school - university - work, you don’t feel like you lost time since everyone has to do it, and you get into a mindset outside of your preplanned route, which might do you good.

      • ahornsirup@sopuli.xyz
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        6 months ago

        I’m going to have to disagree. It’s forced labour, no amount of pretty words changes that. It’s also not a “break” if you have to work, and considering that you’d be unskilled and probably physical labour with no (simple) way for you to quit if faced with abuse, it probably won’t even be under good conditions or compensated fairly.

      • Miaou@jlai.lu
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        6 months ago

        This is already very common in Germany, if anything it would make it worse for many