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>If the nation is under existential threat by a tyrannical invader and there aren't enough volunteers for an effective defense, Why is the existence of a parti
by Pristina 8y ago
>If the nation is under existential threat by a tyrannical invader and there aren't enough volunteers for an effective defense,
Why is the existence of a particular political entity more important than the lives of people?
An existential threat to a nation doesn't mean the people that live there are all going to die. It simply means that a political entity will stop existing. Thus a draft is trading human lives for the potential continued existence of a political entity.
- PhasmaFelis 8y agoThat's why I said "tyrannical." You said a government's paramount purpose is preserving the natural rights of its citizens. What happens when the only way to accomplish that is war? That does happen in real life. I think the draft (and war in general) is a bad thing and we should do our best to avoid it. But sometimes you have to pick the lesser of two evils.