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Well, I never.
For the ones thinking about joining up, there’s a poem, written by a young soldier coming home in the 40s.
He’s famous in post war Germany. All schoolchildren read it at least once, the message seems largely forgotten, it’s called:
Then there’s only one thing to do!
There’s an English translation at the end.
Others have a different view in Germany apparently. It's up to them unlike in other countries like Russia, where the Kremlin is just to introduce a new law with 'eternal conscription' coming
As an addition: It is noteworthy that unlike in Germany, in Russia you can't criticize military conscription or the military in general without being imprisoned to say the least ...
It’s up to them:
This is what the poem is pretty much about.
But then again, you surely aren’t conveniently omitting the fact that mandatory military service is being called for by large parts of the German government and might be coming pretty soon?