• Iconoclast@feddit.uk
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    This seems to be more about knowing where people are rather than preventing them from leaving. The law in Germany dictates that nobody can be conscripted against their will. It’s a volunteer based system still.

    I’m not sure how I feel about this but I am of the opinion that if a war breaks out and a service aged man escapes the country to avoid it, I don’t want them let back in once the war is over. And I’m strictrly talking about defending your own country - not attacking others. The russian who escaped the country to avoid being sent to Ukraine did the right thing. Same for any US soldiers refusing to fight in Iran.

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      So you are saying that because a megalomaniac billionaire convinced or coerced some of his people to attack my country, I should throw away mine and my family’s life? People don’t hate people. “Leaders” convince you to hate people.

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        “So you are saying…” is such a meme. I can’t believe people still say that unironically.