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

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

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pfannkuchen wrote: post #352
atmavatar wrote: post #52

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Men are biologically disposable. If a nation lost 90% or better of its adult male population, it could still bounce back within a generation or two. Women have no incentive to change that, and the small fraction of men powerful enough to change it can already exempt themselves from the meat grinder. The remaining men's opinions don't matter.

So this definitely works for hunter gatherers and that’s definitely how humans are architected, I agree. However, if I think through what this process would look like under modern living arrangements, what would happen? Intensified serial polygamy with a massive increase in single motherhood? Full on polygamy? Our social structures aren’t really set up to handle that. It seems like it would be so bad for society that…

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

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dudul wrote: post #64
5555624 wrote: post #36

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If the U.S. implements a draft, will women be required to register? Right now, only men are required to register with the Selected Service when they turn 18. Would Congress amend the Military Selective Service Act?

If they aren't, all men should just identify as women.

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

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Post by pfannkuchen »

dingi wrote: post #455

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How about we just don’t fight stupid wars? There hasn’t been a real need for a draft in America since the civil war (in the sense that America was not plausibly threatened by the world wars, Korea, Vietnam, etc).

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

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Post by RandomLensman »

wartywhoa23 wrote: post #529
layer8 wrote: post #523

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The German constitution explicitly prohibits starting wars: https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_gg/englisch_gg.h...

It's about time to finally grok that all world's military is only there to wage wars at the whim of the 0.001% under the guise of being defence-only, and that constitutions worth less than toilet paper these days.

What's an example of the German constitution being "worth less than toilet paper these days"?

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

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Post by lukan »

jhrmnn wrote: post #273
lmf4lol wrote: post #242

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over and over again, we see that governments are pretty bad at doing their job. over and over again, they prove to us that they cant handle money, that they are corrupt, that they put the interest of their political class above that of the people. so are you surprised? id rather be left alone as much as possible in my pursuit of happiness. On my own terms!

Forget the government, what about your fellow humans? Is defending your country an obligation towards your government or towards your neighbor?

My country and my neighbors I would defend, my government not so much.

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

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sixhobbits wrote: post #500
Longhanks wrote: post #469

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Whilst I agree, to be fair, a passport is usually only needed when entering a country, not leaving one, right? Under the cited rule, the US needs to allow you to leave , not help you in entering some other country.

It is quite difficult to leave a country without simultaneously entering another

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

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Post by JumpCrisscross »

neilwilson wrote: post #552

Other than moving within the rest of the EU under Article 21 EU law trumps German law. In US terms such a requirement is not “constitutional”.

> In US terms such a requirement is not “constitutional”

Then what is the selective service?

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Post by pfannkuchen »

samus wrote: post #515
pfannkuchen wrote: post #482

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Human territory is absolutely natural and exists in other apes also. The feeling of defending territory is natural and is not words Only what constitutes the territory to defend has been warped by words.

Territory is not something physical that just exists. It's an idea , no matter whether a human or any other animal feels the need to enforce it.

Sure but it isn’t words, which was the claim.

Human food preferences are also just an idea by this standard.

A hunter gatherer tribe failing to defend its territory could result in its death just the same as not acquiring and eating appropriate food.

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

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Post by lokar »

em-bee wrote: post #538
mr_toad wrote: post #497

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Jaywalking is illegal is many jurisdictions, partly for pedestrians own safety, but also partly to shift the blame if a pedestrian is involved in an accident. So it’s mostly seen as a crime where people only hurt themselves.

jaywalking is illegal because the term jaywalking defines the illegal crossing of a street. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaywalking legal jaywalking is by definition not possible. what is however possible and legal is crossing the street away from a marked crossing. at least in europe and in most places in the world except the united states.

They changed the law in CA, it's still technically illegal, but police are directed to not cite anyone unless:

"... a reasonably careful person would realize there is an immediate danger of collision with a moving vehicle or other device moving exclusively by human power"

Turns out the police were mostly stopping non-white people for it

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