It is doomed. No state has an inherent right to survive through conscript troops and in the long run, no state has. Later on, this custom declined. So did Rome. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life.
Specialization is for insects.
A Smith and Wesson beats four aces. Get a license and go to the range. For defense of the home, that's why we have police departments. Who controls the present controls the past. And if you don't decide which way to play with life, it always plays with you.