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What western military doesn't pay service members? Pretty sure you mean "a job, that rarely, but sometimes involves killing." There are many jobs like that: pol
by samcodes 10y ago
What western military doesn't pay service members? Pretty sure you mean "a job, that rarely, but sometimes involves killing." There are many jobs like that: policing, security, and depending on your moral framework, murdering animals.
- chocolatebunny 10y agoThe mandatory part of it is the problem.
- atom-morgan 10y agoParent comment said nothing about pay. It's about conscription.
- alkonaut 10y agoI was paid less than a prison inmate as a conscript :) Had it been twice as much I would call it symbolic. It was around 10% if a regular job.
- buzer 10y agoWell, I guess most of the countries do "pay", but at least in Finland that pay is 5.10 euros per day for first half of year (increases first to 8.50 for days 165-256 and then to 11.90 for remaining). If someone other entity was paying that low wages for even a normal job (let alone 24/7 availability requirement), the employer would be facing criminal charges.