More is mentioned in this pdf if your curious. This one is in English.

I will highlight the most important part

we will never surrender. Any suggestion to the contrary is false.

https://www.msb.se/sv/publikationer/om-krisen-eller-kriget-kommer-pa-engelska/

It’s compulsory with a huge asterisk next to it.

If they call you in, it’s compulsory.

However, they call far from everyone, and there’s about 1001 things you can do to not get called for service if you really don’t want to.

First step is that you’re sent a form to fill out. Questions about your health and habits among other things. So. If you really don’t want to… Let’s just say they probably won’t be too interested in someone that (allegedly) smokes 1-2 pack of cigarettes a day.

Not to be confused with the Swedish concept of “Total Defense” (probably poorly translated). Should “total-defense” be called however. Everyone between 16 and 70 have to report in for war-duty. This doesn’t mean everyone is going into battle. But it means you have to be at service for the defensive effort of our nation. Could be administrative tasks, logistical, construction, anything really, depends on who you are and what your experience is. This is not something you can get out of. It’s one of your duties as a citizen

Jag är säker. Fler dumma frågor?

Why wouldn’t Europeans be ready to hear that? Pretty sure we’ve been hearing it on a regular basis since the 70’s

Ain’t no way you gonna put all of Europe into that statement. You do understand that each country have their own system, policies and regulatory laws?

The problem here is that what you’re saying is maybe true for a handful of countries while completely false and inaccurate for a handful of others.

We’re not one single entity. Your statement is just not accurate as a whole.

First comment is not correct either. Everyone does not fill out a form at 18.

Maybe you should stop posting things you cannot verify.

No one is talking about that other than you.

Your first part is how mandatory military service is just to teach how to kill. Which is not true.

Most countries don’t need military service to work on community projects. Because people already know how their communities work, and there just isn’t a need for that type of slave labour.

What the military can get called in for though are things like disaster relief or searches for missing people where you need to look through a whole forest.

Unfortunately. Mandatory military service is critical to many countries survival. You NEED to have a population that understand the basics of how to organise a defense.

It’s the difference between being a country or being a province.

I will quote a Major in his response to why we don’t practise defense coming from the west.

“it’s possible we might be attacked from the west, but it would be a very long and strange route for the Russians to take”

Colourful image with no source. Just a bcbp logo which, wtf is that?

It’s not even accurate. At least not for Sweden. So, if they got that wrong. I will assume the rest is possibly wrong too.

Ever been to IKEA

I’m Swedish. So yes. I think it’s fair to say I’ve been to IKEA. I stand by what I said.

I strongly disagree. I’ve pulled and pushed carts that only turn on the rear wheels. It’s not complicated nor difficult. Even with one hand.

Where to begin…

But I’ll touch on something no one else has here.

Shopping carts. It’s mindblowing to me that the country that sent men to the moon still hasn’t figured out that its easier for everyone if they turn on all 4 wheels rather than the 2 front ones.

That way you can slide your cart sideways to make room for other shoppers. And turning it takes no effort.

And even… even if it is some weird cost cutting thing. Why not make them turn on the rear wheels? That would still make it easier than in the front. Since you steer the cart from the rear.

Get your shit together. Put gun controll aside, put your dumb ass two party politics aside and focus on what matters. Your godawful shopping carts.