The welfare system was strained by the increasing number of uneducated Muslims, and this lead to the disintegration of the USSR.
Fertility rate among Muslims is higher than whites today no matter of welfare. But high military expenditures really hurt Soviet economy! When 20% of your population is composed of people who believe that non-believers should be beheaded, it is very difficult to implement the austerity measures in the education and healthcare sectors.
Do you think only Muslims can resist liberal fascism ("austerity")? Look at protests in Europe, most people on these events are white. |
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The USSR collapsed from economic mismanagement, infighting, increase in the population of Muslims...
Do you have any proof? Increase in the Muslim population happened after USSR collapse, mainly in 2000's when Russian economy became much stronger than exUSSR Asian countries. |
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So large military spending is complete madness! Soviet Union collapsed under pressure from military industries imbalance stifling civil economy, USA is not different. You "patriots" must learn history!
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Then why can't you import mercenaries from Somalia and Afghanistan to Sweden? IMO, it will save a lot of money for the government. But no one will be able to guarantee their loyalty.
Bad example. These people obviously don't accept Western values! |
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Conscripts, as far as I know, get paid a salary. Whether it's a pittance depends on the eye of the beholder.
It depends from the average standard of living in the concrete country. I think there would be 100s millions of voluntary conscripts in India if offered $1000/month, but for Sweden it is just a pittance! Besides that; conscription can happen to anyone, more or less, and it's temporary so I doubt an economy will suffer from highly skilled people being drafted into the army.
A programmer can quickly lose his skills if not working in the profession just for a year. Some people might cringe but instilling love for the country into people from a very young age helps.
Why to stop here?! I think you will also support chemical treatment of conscripts' brain to make them even more loyal to the govt!  |
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Who says the conscripts don't get paid? As far as I know you do get a salary as an enlisted person. It's minimum wage probably but nonetheless.
If a programmer will be called into the army and offered hobo's pittance instead of highly-skilled and well-paid job, the Swedish society will lose good talent and chunk of economy. |
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What happened with this couple was that they were plain stupid and ignorant of the rules.
Most likely UAE authorities deceived these tourists on entry, not warning them about Sharia laws! So this couple is not stupid, but UAE govt is a criminal for false imprisonment! |
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World is large and wide and not everybody will fight and kill for green paper and extra week of vacation.
In technologically-advanced professional army people don't need to risk their life like it was in WWII. But to fly an impact drone you need education and skill set, so this professional will expect relevant salary and benefits. you are dependant on mercenaries, who will only fight as far as paycheck is concerned. Exactly like late Roman Empire.
Some ideology like communism may also provide motivation to fight. Many Soviet soldiers during WWII fought bravely and scarified their life believing in communism, although state paid them almost nothing and food ration was just enough to survive. So, without ideology (no one Western country have state ideology now), only monetary reward can be used to motivate serving in the army. |
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and they granted you entry subject to their terms and conditions, then its binding on you.
Can you provide a document with these terms and conditions which a tourist have to sign? Why even go there? What in the world are few places where you can relax without such an extreme? I think people should avoid such trips. I think if tourists would be warned about UAE Sharia laws, no one would travel there. Therefore UAE govt deceives tourists, then imprisons them for breaking some law which they have no way to know! In these cases, a country from which a tourist come, can roughly demand to immediately release captured tourist. If UAE disagrees, threat them with a destiny of Saddam Hussein! UAE will release this prisoner and likely ban entry for all citizens of prisoner's country and other tourists who planned to visit UAE will spent money in home country. Profit! |
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and they granted you entry subject to their terms and conditions, then its binding on you.
Can you provide a document with these terms and conditions which a tourist have to sign? |
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Nothing causes such damage as a betrayal. Your people always know our most vulnerable places and gladly turn them over to the enemy. It's terrible, but there is no protection from this.
There is a protection against betrayal and defection! Pay your soldiers good salary and promise them generous Google-like benefits (free gourmet food, health insurance, pension, free education etc), so they will be motivated to fight bravely and defend country. Soldiers must to understand that if own army loses, they will also lose all promised benefits. |
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Even if we accept applying Sharia laws here, this concrete case is absolutely rubbish! She could get pregnant outside UAE and police don't have any evidence of their sexual activity in this country.
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Use open-source messengers like Tox! |
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Now, could you tell me one reason why shouldnt Arab and Somali youth from swedish ghettoes immideately desert or join Chechen muslims (aka Russia) in case of war? One reason.
If Russia will promise them good financial reward, free house and citizenship, while Sweden pays them only pocket change, I think 99% of conscripts will defect in favor of Russia. and a nice resume.
People who want to build a military career already can voluntarily join Swedish army. |
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Defectors are much more dangerous than the enemy. Friendly fire with a single ICBM can cause greatly more damage than 1 million of enemy soldiers.
It is statistically proven that number of defectors is many times more among conscripts versus professionals.
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1. By that same token we can also call taxes economic slavery. They take our money yet we don't really have much of a say on how they actually spend it. Use mah money to feed those freeloaders? How dare they! Should we refuse to pay our taxes?
Taxes presumed to be spent for public benefit (however in many countries corrupt government officers steal large part of taxes, so people try to evade them by all means). I know that Swedes are happy to pay high taxes because in exchange they get excellent infrastructure, free education and healthcare, public housing etc. Welfare keeps unlucky people feed, so they don't steal, rob, burn cars. See it as a payment for your security. I was thinking more in the line of a defensive war. I don't see anything wrong in spending a few months a year in a military camp training to fight off invaders. When they do come in, it wouldn't really matter whether you like your government or not.
What if some people don't want to defend government and political system he opposes?! If forced to serve in army, he can sabotage and fight against own forces. A lot of examples during WWII. |
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But at present, the US population is growing at a rapid pace, naturally. The births still outnumber the deaths by around 1.4 million.
This may be true for some short period of time, but in long run it will follow fertility rate. BTW, most growth comes from latinos and not whites. In Western Europe the same situation - most births comes from immigrants. |
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This is a problem created specifically for Europe to be distracted from other worries in the world, and has already begun to take care of its life. At such rates, Europe will remain a settler for the Syrians.
United States have similar demographics if count only whites.  |
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You right-wingers always say "There are no free lunches". But when asked about serving in army, you say involuntary conscription is good. What damn hypocrisy?!!!
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IMHO it should be mandatory in any country. It's a small price to pay for living in said country. It's not like they'll send you to a war zone, you are just being prepared to defend your homeland against threats, be they external or home-grown. I think the best way to make this more palatable to people is to highlight that their forefathers have fought for their country before and you can view this as a tribute to their heroism.
1. Why I have to do something while getting nothing in return? It is the slavery! 2. Why I have to defend some gang (they call themselves "government") if I don't support them? |
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