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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
by lazide 7mo ago
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)
- nine_k 7mo agoI suppose it's only a boring piece of extra paperwork until at some moment the permit stops being automatically issued.
- baxtr 7mo agoYou’ve never been to Germany, have you?
- rvnx 7mo agoGuess 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=42011 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.
- kstenerud 7mo agoWhen your own country is invaded, it changes the calculus.
- watwut 7mo agoIt is not like they had a choice. The article is about 1939, the events were well progressed then. Only very few were able to hide themselves and stay hidden for years.
- dudefeliciano 7mo ago> It is not like they had a choice. > very few were able to hide Not sure what point you are trying to make. Does that justify the law and its consequences? Does that mean people who did not register were doing something wrong or stupid?
- fhdkweig 7mo agoIn the United States, adult males have to sign up for the Selective Service for the same reason even though we haven't had conscription since the Vietnam War in the late 1970s(?). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selective_Service_System https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selective_Service_System
- voisin 7mo ago> 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?
- fhdkweig 7mo agoKeeping it around just in case the US encounters an existential threat. You never know when it may happen.
- hdgvhicv 7mo agoProbably July by this rate
- delecti 7mo agoNobody wants to be the guy who got the nation caught with its pants down if conscription needs to come back in a hurry. The same reason the military budget always ratchets upwards.
- wat10000 7mo agoMeasured as a percentage of GDP (which I'd say is the most sensible way to measure it) the US's current military budget is lower than at any point since WWII aside from a few years between the end of the Cold War and 9/11.
- RandomLensman 7mo agoThe Army of the United States has also not been used in over 50 years,but does that mean it couldn't be used again?
- watwut 7mo agoThey dont need now. Germany is getting ready for being invaded by Russia, basically. They are also building mandatory military service.
- vasac 7mo agoYes, the previous time they were getting ready it was because those pesky Poles being an inch away from invading the Third Reich.
- RandomLensman 7mo agoCold war didn't happen (yes, USSR, not Russia)?
- sveme 7mo agoAre you implying that this is Germany getting ready to invade Poland?
- vasac 7mo agoI’m implying they aren’t getting ready because they think Russians are going to march on Berlin.