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BigFig to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish • 5 months ago

Those who live outside Europe. What are things Europeans are not ready to hear.

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Those who live outside Europe. What are things Europeans are not ready to hear.

BigFig to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish • 5 months ago
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  • Blaze (he/him)
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    From a few years ago

    Edit: source https://old.reddit.com/r/europe/comments/iejyu9/european_countries_with_mandatory_military_service/

    • @Atomic@sh.itjust.works
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      Colourful image with no source. Just a bcbp logo which, wtf is that?

      It’s not even accurate. At least not for Sweden. So, if they got that wrong. I will assume the rest is possibly wrong too.

      • @Maggoty@lemmy.world
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        Iirc Sweden reinstated compulsory service in 2017?

        • @Atomic@sh.itjust.works
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          It’s compulsory with a huge asterisk next to it.

          If they call you in, it’s compulsory.

          However, they call far from everyone, and there’s about 1001 things you can do to not get called for service if you really don’t want to.

          First step is that you’re sent a form to fill out. Questions about your health and habits among other things. So. If you really don’t want to… Let’s just say they probably won’t be too interested in someone that (allegedly) smokes 1-2 pack of cigarettes a day.

          Not to be confused with the Swedish concept of “Total Defense” (probably poorly translated). Should “total-defense” be called however. Everyone between 16 and 70 have to report in for war-duty. This doesn’t mean everyone is going into battle. But it means you have to be at service for the defensive effort of our nation. Could be administrative tasks, logistical, construction, anything really, depends on who you are and what your experience is. This is not something you can get out of. It’s one of your duties as a citizen

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            No, “Total Defense” translates well. And that’s an interesting system.

            • @Atomic@sh.itjust.works
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              More is mentioned in this pdf if your curious. This one is in English.

              I will highlight the most important part

              we will never surrender. Any suggestion to the contrary is false.

              https://www.msb.se/sv/publikationer/om-krisen-eller-kriget-kommer-pa-engelska/

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                Yeah everything I’ve read about Sweden, militarily, seems like they’ve spent the entire cold war making an invasion a nightmare for the invaders.

      • Blaze (he/him)
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        https://old.reddit.com/r/europe/comments/iejyu9/european_countries_with_mandatory_military_service/

        First comment addresses the Sweden situation

        • @Atomic@sh.itjust.works
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          First comment is not correct either. Everyone does not fill out a form at 18.

          Maybe you should stop posting things you cannot verify.

          • Blaze (he/him)
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            Seems like you added precisions in another comment, so at least now people reading this have the full picture.

            As far as I’m concerned, the picture was correct for UK, Italy, France, Spain, Portugal, Poland, Belgium, Netherlands. For other countries, I was hoping other people could jump in, as you did.

        • @turmacar@lemmy.world
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          By that logic signing up for Selective Service in the US means the US doesn’t have a volunteer military.

      • @Birch@sh.itjust.works
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        • 𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚒𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝙼𝚎𝚘𝚠
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          Both have the same colour on the map, so I’m not sure how much that confusion could matter.

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        • @Atomic@sh.itjust.works
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          Jag är säker. Fler dumma frågor?

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