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layer8 2 days ago

The German constitution explicitly prohibits starting wars: https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_gg/englisch_gg.h...

wartywhoa23 2 days ago | parent [-]

It's about time to finally grok that all world's military is only there to wage wars at the whim of the 0.001% under the guise of being defence-only, and that constitutions worth less than toilet paper these days.

RandomLensman 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

What's an example of the German constitution being "worth less than toilet paper these days"?

wartywhoa23 2 days ago | parent [-]

There's none yet until there suddenly is.

layer8 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

So what's your proposed solution? Not have a military and just roll over when someone decides to attack you?

wartywhoa23 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

My proposed solution is understanding what this scene means:

In front of a blood-stained chessboard littered with mutilated chess pieces finely dine two royal couples - black and white - cheering their endgame.

layer8 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

How does that solve any problem?

salawat a day ago | parent [-]

Kill the royal couples, no problem. There is an argument to be made that those that start wars should be sentenced to death for doing so. Particularly frivolous ones of aggression.

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cindyllm 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

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AngryData a day ago | parent | prev [-]

If the civilian populous has access to arms and armories they can make it a worthless proposition to invade them. Its not like the world is entirely composed of large countries with strong militaries already. An insurgency can last decades under fire from a superior force, an organized military won't. So if you can't match the organized military might of potential enemies, its probably mostly a waste to try.