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jethroq5 karma

What did people in your unit most want to know about America? Also, did everyone ask you "what do Americans think of Finland?"

jethroq4 karma

Do you support moving away from handshakes and using fist-bumps as greetings to avoid possibly infectious contact?

jethroq3 karma

only those who choose to serve should be given a vote during elections.

So wait how does that not lead to the country becoming a de facto militaryt junta?

jethroq1 karma

It's a small country, so dodging the draft is pretty hard. It was still possible back before all citizenship files were computerized.

Women can enlist. No one cares that they don't have to serve. Ending the conscript in Finland has always been far more about anti-militarism and pacificm than "men's rights"