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You're exactly right. Everyone has been so quick to not only accept, but actually promote and socially shame others into accepting, a massive authoritarian shif
by kenneth 6y ago
You're exactly right. Everyone has been so quick to not only accept, but actually promote and socially shame others into accepting, a massive authoritarian shift to remove everyone's basic freedoms. It's completely unprecedented and has massive negative effects for a large part of the population. Even straying from the accepted lockdown narrative leads to furious mob attacks.
It kind of blows my mind that it's come to this. But then again, I shouldn't be surprised given the last 5 years of outrage culture.
- icebraining 6y agoConscription is a much heavier restriction of rights than being told to stay at home, yet it's been used multiple times in the US during the 20th century. Seems ahistorical to pin this on some sort of recent cultural shift.
- tachyonbeam 6y agoAnd it's also fair to ask whether we should be engaging into so much war that we need to force people to join the army.
- icebraining 6y agoI've always heard that it was the opposite; relying on conscription makes war less likely, since it's unpopular to force mothers to surrender their sons. The creation of a volunteer army is essential for prolonged war. Looking at the history of the US, that seems about right.