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You might have the good fortune to be born in a country in a stable region or with good neighbours. When life expectancy is not great in the initial active duty
by eklavya 5y ago
You might have the good fortune to be born in a country in a stable region or with good neighbours. When life expectancy is not great in the initial active duty years (no foreign deployment, within border, defensive) I think it’s definitely not about power/prestige. It would be extremely ungrateful to state otherwise.
- boomboomsubban 5y agoI still find it hard to think of a nation where the military would primarily be about patriotism. Someplace like Cyprus maybe? But it's hard to view any forced conscription as patriotic. There are some African countries where maybe there's a patriotic element, but they often seem to have either a strong other ideology or be very corrupt. I'll fully admit my knowledge may be lacking, so feel free to tell me what country you think is full of altruistic patriots.