German men 18-45 need military permit for extended stays abroad

Post by watwut » Sat, Apr 04, 2026, 7:59 PM UTC

lazide wrote: post #99

legitster wrote: post #77

> While the law requires men to request the permit, the spokesperson clarified, it also obliges the military career center to issue it, if "no specific military service is expected during the period in question.” > "Since military service under current law is based exclusively on voluntary participation, such permissions must generally be granted,” the official added. > When asked, the ministry spokesperson pointed o…

Ah, invasive extra paperwork (enforced by criminal penalties, at least in theory) for something they say on the surface they won’t actually need. So very german (hah)

Post by hdgvhicv » Sat, Apr 04, 2026, 7:59 PM UTC

fhdkweig wrote: post #380

voisin wrote: post #372

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> Annual budget $31.3 million (FY 2024) If it hasn’t been used in 50 years, is there some other use for the registry or the organization or why hasn’t this been cut yet?

Keeping it around just in case the US encounters an existential threat. You never know when it may happen.

Post by snovymgodym » Sat, Apr 04, 2026, 8:00 PM UTC

atmavatar wrote: post #359

mikkupikku wrote: post #240

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We're not having this conversation in a cultural vacuum; men figure out at a young age that if things go to shit, their lives become expendable for the sake of the community. I view conscription as a form of slavery; something that I hope never happens to me or anybody, but could conceivably happen. That's the way the world has worked for thousands of years, and the Bayesian meme asks me to therefore bet on it contin…

> That's not feminism, that's insanity. No, it's equality. Taken to its logical conclusion, you cannot have gender equality without either making the draft cover everyone or abolishing it entirely. The fact that women losing their lives is so much larger a risk for the nation only serves to test the resolve of those people claiming to want gender equality, but this is not the only time you'll find a conflict between…

Post by watwut » Sat, Apr 04, 2026, 8:02 PM UTC

rvnx wrote: post #232

baxtr wrote: post #171

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You’ve never been to Germany, have you?

Guess what, many jews self-reported themselves to the authorities just to follow the process and that led directly to their death. https://www.ushmm.org/online/hsv/source_view.php?SourceId=42... Of course, this is old times now, but here is the same, there is no benefit to register, and you increase your risk to die. Don't do it.

Post by Qem » Sat, Apr 04, 2026, 8:03 PM UTC

throw-the-towel wrote: post #357

agrishin wrote: post #172

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Well, you see, if men stay alive, but women are killed, society collapses eventually as not enough new people are born. It sucks being a man in this scenario, but it is what it is.

Arguably, not enough people are being born as it stands. We're already in your collapse scenario.