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Switzerland has a mandatory service requirement for men, and the people there experience fewer gun deaths per capita despite having a relatively high gun owners
by milkytron 3y ago
Switzerland has a mandatory service requirement for men, and the people there experience fewer gun deaths per capita despite having a relatively high gun ownership rate.
- jacquesm 3y agoThis thread is not about gun control or lack thereof.
- RajT88 3y agoEven ignoring that part - it's weird bringing up War and Switzerland. All those wars Switzerland has fought...
- mrguyorama 3y agoThat's actually an important point though. The kind of isolationist neutrality that Switzerland has is only possible if you can make it seem like conquering you is impossible to justify. Switzerland will protect its neutrality by force if necessary. They also have a military industrial complex, so is that one a racket?
- RajT88 3y ago> so is that one a racket? Probably somewhat, but if you read the essay, you wouldn't come away with the impression that the author's disillusionment is targeted in any way at a country like Switzerland. His thesis seems to be that elites profit off casualties, and are happy to foment more wars as a result.
- lmm 3y agoIsn't that exactly the point, that it's possible to be neutral and isolationist?
- tmtvl 3y agoHey, when I was young Swiss mercenaries were considered truly elite troops. Remember the battle of Nancy.