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[–] [email protected] 21 points 9 months ago (1 children)

and conscription as a concept would fail.

Oh the horror!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago

Usually I'd agree with you, but S Korea is in an unusual situation where they would actually get overrun without their army. They're still technically at war, and N Korea does plenty of sabre rattling.

That's not a place like the US, where the military is mainly used for overseas adventures, they face real, external threats.