• shalafi@lemmy.world
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    21 hours ago

    I’m fine with this. I’m also fine with a mandatory year of military service. FORCE people to live how the other half lives. Be a lot less whining and crying, from both sides, if we all had common, and difficult, experiences.

    Do it like Starship Troopers (the book). There’s a place for everyone to serve, no matter their abilities. Won’t serve your country for a lousy year? Fuck you, no franchise.

    Nothing like shared hardship to get people singing from the same sheet. It’s how every military since forever has done it.

    EDIT: So, no one read Starship Troopers? Want to vote? Serve. How to serve? Any way you are capable. You don’t have to be a soldier, or even serve in the military.

    • WrenFeathers@lemmy.worldM
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      The moment you force anything on your citizens, you are no longer a free country. Forced labor is slavery. Forced military service is nothing less.