Tens of thousands of high school students took to the streets of cities all over the country to protest against the reintroduction of military service. Many people believe that conscription is inevitable.

Young people gathered in Berlin’s central Potsdamer Square on Thursday and marched through the German capital to protest against the government’s plans to reintroduce military service. While the police counted around 3,000 participants, organizers claimed there were 6,000 demonstrators in Berlin and 50,000 in more than 130 towns and cities across Germany.

  • Greddan@feddit.orgEnglish
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    2 days ago

    It’s not for everyone, as in; not everyone is in the right place mentally to go through it. It really can be an amazing experience, but I understand how someone could feel otherwise. Luckily, at least where I live, it’s pretty easy to get out of military service in peacetime or do it in a less violent role.

    The most important thing is that mandatory military service lets the military pick more freely. It filters out rotten eggs easier than if a bunch of rotten eggs applied, and the military had to pick one… They usually fail the psych-test or iq-test.