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Aurornisyesterday at 4:27 PM1 replyview on HN

Useful for you and your personal career growth, yes.

Important civic service that should be recognized, no.


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retracyesterday at 4:29 PM

I must completely misunderstand the purpose of the German system of conscription. I thought the point was to train the reserve populace in relevant skills to defence and public functioning, not just to extract labour.

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