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But the individuals are doing the work for the institution. If they'd just refuse (for example, don't sign up to be a soldier working on behalf of an institution you ostensibly don't support), then it wouldn't get done.



People who don't support the military won't sign up at all. People who do sign up don't have full information on all of the operations they'll be involved in at the time they sign up, and by the time they do have that information they generally cannot legally dissent.


I suppose it's better to murder some foreigners than to illegally dissent.




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