It would create a shitton of problems too. * Young people dying for causes they don't believe in and didn't volunteer for. * Absolutely massive opportunity co

It would create a shitton of problems too. * Young people dying for causes they don't believe in and didn't volunteer for. * Absolutely massive opportunity costs for each individual pressed into service. * Dramatic expansion of the US military, which is already far too large given our real defense needs and our military strength compared to teh rest of the world. * Significant economic drag as money and time is diverted away from productive ends toward largely wasted military training. You'd be surprised at how little non-military utility there is in knowing missile destroyer subsystems. * Labor shortages!? Try diverting ~5% of every able-bodied person's career to military service. > Look at how the society is in countries with mandatory military service (S. Korea,Switzerland to name two) Look at how society is in some other countries with mandatory military service! Myanmar is fucked. North Korea is fucked. Russia is fucked. Israel is semi-fucked. You have seriously cherry-picked some of the highest functioning examples out of a set that is not obviously better or worse than the overall population of countries.