Watching young people forced to leave their education, careers, and families behind for mandatory service, even in peacetime, feels like the state claiming ownership over years of someone's one and only life that they'll never get back.
Watching young people forced to leave their education, careers, and families behind for mandatory service, even in peacetime, feels like the state claiming ownership over years of someone's one and only life that they'll never get back.
Countries like Switzerland maintain peacetime conscription and consistently rank among the most stable, well-defended democracies in the world, showing mandatory service can coexist with strong civil liberties rather than undermining them.
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