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fabian2klast Saturday at 11:50 PM1 replyview on HN

Military service was only recently abolished in Germany. And compared to the old system, this one would qualify as voluntary for now. This might not remain that way, but that's probably an issue to discuss if and when that happens. There's all kinds of other challenges at that point, and I think at that point challenges based on fairness could be valid (as only some people are drafted, not everyone).


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aleph_minus_onelast Sunday at 12:06 AM

> Military service was only recently abolished in Germany.

Military service was never abolished in Germany. It was only suspended in 2011 (and lots of people were celebrating even this small improvement).