The Draft: Pros-Cons and details

[Hanarchy Montanarchy]

A commitment of service to your community, local or nationally, for a limited time isn’t forced servitude unless you choose to frame it that way. Kind of like bitching about taxes being violence, but then enjoying the benefits of the services and infrastructure that they provide.

Is it mandatory? Doesn't take much imagination to frame that as forced servitude.

Tax and spend baby, I'm all for it. Making civil service programs available, and even encouraged? Sounds cool. Mandatory? Nah.

[Zero]

Pietas, dude, pietas.

[Hanarchy Montanarchy]

Nothing says filial duty like universal impressment.

[Okeefenokee]

This is why universal franchise was a mistake.

[Ex-California]

A commitment of service to your community, local or nationally, for a limited time isn’t forced servitude unless you choose to frame it that way. Kind of like bitching about taxes being violence, but then enjoying the benefits of the services and infrastructure that they provide.

Anything you're compelled to do without just recompensation is theft/slavery

And the vast majority of people don't receive benefits back in relation to the amount of taxes they pay

[Ex-California]

This is why universal franchise was a mistake.

Why, so the rich could vote to send the poor to die for their wars?

[Zero]

Nothing says filial duty like universal impressment.

Oy vey. If not mandatory, how about highly compelled. Like if you don’t file for selective service, then no federal loans.
And the eternal shame of not doing your bit.

[Zero]

A commitment of service to your community, local or nationally, for a limited time isn’t forced servitude unless you choose to frame it that way. Kind of like bitching about taxes being violence, but then enjoying the benefits of the services and infrastructure that they provide.

Anything you're compelled to do without just recompensation is theft/slavery

And the vast majority of people don't receive benefits back in relation to the amount of taxes they pay

Social contract, national bonds, and all that “I’m proud of what we’ve built and maintained together stuff” is what is supposed to motivate those that seek to improve themselves and their community.

It doesn’t always have to be “What do I get back personally?”

[Fife]

Social contract, national bonds, and all that “I’m proud of what we’ve built and maintained together stuff” is what is supposed to motivate those that seek to improve themselves and their community.

It doesn’t always have to be “What do I get back personally?”

Sounds awesome. Can we make the "community" "opt-in" and voluntary?

[Zero]

Of course.