• Alloi@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    or they force you to serve in the military first to earn a passport. kind of like earning your citizenship in starship troopers.

    too old to serve?..didnt ask…

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      4 months ago

      The way they talk about how military service should be required for basic privileges is terrifying as a disabled person. No I didn’t join the military to pay for my education, I was never going to be allowed in even if I wanted to

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        4 months ago

        Some of the better arguments abstract it out to civil service requirements and not just military. I understand the urge to make people ‘prove’ their willingness to work for the betterment of the country before you let them vote, but I don’t think mandatory conscription would actually help.

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        People in the military are less likely to disobey corrupt orders as long as they come from the correct chain of command.

        Power comes from a politically consolidated military. The larger the military the greater the reigns of power become.

        That’d be one incentive for the people in power to force citizens into the military.