Conscription might not work for every country but particularly in Finland (with large territory and small population) it does offer several benefits. One of which is that the "military" and the "people" are not divided.
There was an hypothetical conversation about a revolution in Finland and the thing is that IF you get enough people to support your cause to be able to defeat the police and the military then you don't actually have a reason to start a revolution. You already have enough supporters to go into politics and will probably get to be the biggest party. (The major parties each have about 20% of the votes.)
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