I'm not arguing for a poison pill of forced labor...Do you disagree that there is any form of conscription that isn't "forced labor"? I think that by definitio

I'm not arguing for a poison pill of forced labor...Do you disagree that there is any form of conscription that isn't "forced labor"? I think that by definition, taking people and forcing them to do work they don't want to do is forced labor. I don't subscribe to your Orwellian redefinition of soldiering as not being labor, simply because you label it "non-economic". I'm also not sure of the relevance of this redefinition. Whether or not your poison pill is redefined to be forced labor or not, it's subverting democracy because the public wants a war staffed by volunteers and mercenaries. You want to remove that choice from them. In that case we are all called in to serve and organized to fight effectively. Our neighbors who can't fight take care of our kids while we're away. Is that forced labor? If we've all contractually agreed to it, no. If we are forcing people who didn't agree to the contract to join us, yes.