• RippleEffect@lemm.ee
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    5 months ago

    Honestly not sure how easy it is to actually stay out of the military when there’s compelled service in any country. Draft evasion often carries significant risk.

    I appreciate the sentiment, but results will vary.

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      5 months ago

      Honestly not sure how easy it is to actually stay out of the military when there’s compelled service in any country.

      Don’t know about other countries, but in Apartheid-South Africa it was a very difficult thing if you were male, white and not rich. When I was a kid in small-town South Africa there was a conscientious objector living on our street. He was disabled - they had beaten him to such an extent that he was brain-damaged.

      For the rich it was pretty easy - just ask Elon.