You are right, your indivudual chances of survival increase by not enlisting as a soldier. At the same time, our collective chances of survival (that includes your parents, children, etc) decrease when young people walk away from the fight.
An organized, disciplined military is more effective at defending against an organized, disciplined military.
That’s true. The thing is: defending what? The country? The government? The king? Going to war is trading my (relative) safety for theirs, and I’ve never been too fond of them really.
Defending myself and going to war sound like complete opposites to me.
You are right, your indivudual chances of survival increase by not enlisting as a soldier. At the same time, our collective chances of survival (that includes your parents, children, etc) decrease when young people walk away from the fight.
An organized, disciplined military is more effective at defending against an organized, disciplined military.
Something along the Swedish or Finnish model creates an effective home defense with limited capability for offensive action.
That’s true. The thing is: defending what? The country? The government? The king? Going to war is trading my (relative) safety for theirs, and I’ve never been too fond of them really.
I totally get that. I don’t like them either.
If you ask most soldiers what they were fighting for they wouldn’t say those things. They’d say they were fighting for the guy next to them.
I’d imagine if the Russians started rolling tanks down your streets it would hit different.