> if [Finland] seems that much more socialist than the US, it is probably simply because they don't spend so much on their military I just have to interject th

> if [Finland] seems that much more socialist than the US, it is probably simply because they don't spend so much on their military I just have to interject that even if Finland spends relatively little of money for it's defense, when you consider all costs the budget climbs quite high. What I'm obviously talking about is conscription, which Finland still has in use. Just how do you measure the cost of one year of the life of nearly the entire male population?