We all know how military works. You have a mass of people of which majority is there to get shot and die and small percentage of psychopaths that don't mind or enjoy killing and those do most of the killing. That is why conscription is stupid, you just get more people that are ready to get killed but not kill.
Non of you 'glories of war' seeking boys that are on this forum have killed anyone or even attempted to. If you did though you are either a psychopath or you are enjoying your PTSD.
But yes I agree coloration is not strong. Conscription army is expensive and shit, only thing it might be positive for is that you might learn some discipline and improve physique but than again it is wasting time when you coupd be learning or meeting a potential partner.
You really have no idea how the military works mate.
The majority is not there to get shot and die. Not at all. As I said, the majority is there to support a majority who do the fighting, of which most do not die. Nobody here claims to hunt the glories of war and you really don't have to have been in combat and either be a psychopath or have PTSD. Those are two extremes with a huge amount of in-between.
Third of, conscription army is not expensive at all. Considering most of them will be actually conscripted and only a small percentage professional, the biggest cost of any military (personnel) will be the smallest considering conscripts barely get paid. They also don't have to go on expensive training programs considering they're usually much shorter for conscripts, too.
And 'time could be better spent...' okay that is a matter of opinion but the longest conscription period I have heard of is two years so in the grand scheme of things.... not that long.