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> What this means: have everyone spend a couple years doing laborious tasks: construction, mining, fishing, dishwashing, etc. Taking food out of the mouths of
by msla 8y ago
> What this means: have everyone spend a couple years doing laborious tasks: construction, mining, fishing, dishwashing, etc.
Taking food out of the mouths of people who'd otherwise be paid to do such work.
Not to mention giving the government what amounts to slave labor, in the form of people who can't say no to whatever work they're assigned.
- twic 8y agoThere are countries which still have conscription. In many of those countries, people can choose to do civil rather than military service. For example, Denmark: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conscription_in_Denmark#Military_and_non-military_duty https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conscription_in_Denmark#Milita... I am certainly not a fan of conscription (and two-thirds of Danes aren't either), but this doesn't seem to be a huge problem in practice.