• BashfulBob [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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      7 hours ago

      When a socialist state needs soldiers, it doesn’t seem like they need conscripts. People are willing and able, for the most part. It’s only when a state loses its socialist characteristics and begins to prioritize expansion over stability that we see things break down.

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          DPRK isn’t doing active combat operations. The handful of DPRK mercenaries serving abroad are almost certainly there voluntarily.

          They’ve got mandatory civil service, but that’s very different from going to the front lines to kill or be killed.