• Flax@feddit.uk
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    8 days ago

    “simps for president with 25% approval” clearly not, they were just doing the bare minimum to not get fired, as the other labels show

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      8 days ago

      Yeah, they’re literally just normal dudes doing their mandatory service that everyone hates. I think one of the benefits of mandatory service is that the police state isn’t exclusively made up of the most violent and conservative people in the country.

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        7 days ago

        Apparently Switzerland has higher gun ownership rates than America, but in order to own one you have to have completed the mandatory military service. It literally decreases mass shootings yet giving you the freedom to own guns.

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          Yes and no, the ownership rate is high because some soldiers keep their arms after service. But you don’t need to have served to own a gun, you simply need a permit and clean record. Also a lot of people do target shooting as a sport (in a controlled environment, not like in someones backyard).

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          7 days ago

          Switzerland also very, very heavily regulates the civilian possession of ammunition.

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    8 days ago

    I think a lot of Americans don’t understand that many other democracies in the world don’t have a lot of military that would shoot their own people for nothing. There’s even a common saying: “where do you think we live? the US?”.

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    7 days ago

    The US barely gives out live rounds to soldiers, you think governments with limited budgets just hand it out whenever?