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Alternatively, conscription should come back. People are going to be a lot more hesitant to fire nukes if their own life is on the line.
by buboard 7y ago
Alternatively, conscription should come back. People are going to be a lot more hesitant to fire nukes if their own life is on the line.
- goatinaboat 7y agoconscription should come back. Selective Service is probably the last remaining bastion of sexism in the US. Take the opportunity to fix that at the same time!
- Porthos9K 7y agoJuan Rico would approve: "Everybody works. Everybody fights."
- Porthos9K 7y agoWe already have economic conscription, and it's worked wonderfully for the military as long as there are enough young poor people with no other options. > When domestic economic prospects are grim, the military has no problem recruiting soldiers. When those prospects improve, recruitment falls. How do we know? We can see a micro-version of this process happening right now. > This year, for the first time in thirteen years, the Army reported it was short thousands of recruits. This year’s unemployment rate is also the lowest we’ve seen in that same time period. These facts are related, and the military agrees. https://jacobinmag.com/2018/10/military-recruits-full-employment-welfare-state https://jacobinmag.com/2018/10/military-recruits-full-employ...
- buboard 7y agoIt's not the same, economic conscription always existed throughout history. I also find the idea that a country's military can be staffed with calculating mercenaries laughable. Nobody could build a state like that
- Porthos9K 7y agoWe've been doing it since Vietnam.
- nradov 7y agoThat's no longer true. Most poor people are unable to meet current enlistment standards. The military now recruits mainly from the middle classes.