I would find conscription to be a necessary evil if it were only used for actual common defense instead of things like "much of Europe is big mad at the Kaiser for some reason or other. let's get involved."
Yeah, that's not what dragged us into WW1. Do you really not know about the Zimmerman telegram? The diplomatic proposal to turn Mexico against us if we helped the British against Germany?
You can't just simplify things to people are "big mad at the Kaiser"
Is it more likely that the Zimmerman telegram was an instigator of US entry into the war or that it was leveraged to Crystalize Public Opinion? Have you read any Bernays or Lippmann?
If a people are truly threatened, and the society was healthy, you would never have to ask for volunteers to defend it. Most modern wars are never in the interest of the people, which is why they're always pushed from the top, to enrich the top.
Can I sign up for the reverse draft? Like, if another country invades us, I get to fight for them, not against them? I'd do that. Don't even care what country it is. As long as it's not Canada.
The draft should be abolished. No one should be forced to fight and die for some GAE shit.
Conscription is Napoleonic nuclear weaponry. Once one superpower has it, they all have to have it. It's not going away.
I would find conscription to be a necessary evil if it were only used for actual common defense instead of things like "much of Europe is big mad at the Kaiser for some reason or other. let's get involved."
Yeah, that's not what dragged us into WW1. Do you really not know about the Zimmerman telegram? The diplomatic proposal to turn Mexico against us if we helped the British against Germany?
You can't just simplify things to people are "big mad at the Kaiser"
And? That's the biggest fucking nothingburger. Oh no. A telegram!?
Is it more likely that the Zimmerman telegram was an instigator of US entry into the war or that it was leveraged to Crystalize Public Opinion? Have you read any Bernays or Lippmann?
But did you know that Kaiser was big mad about shotgun?
Germany had massive conscription in both World Wars.
If a people are truly threatened, and the society was healthy, you would never have to ask for volunteers to defend it. Most modern wars are never in the interest of the people, which is why they're always pushed from the top, to enrich the top.
We can have that argument after the "should women be drafted?" argument.
Trying to muddy the waters with this bullshit is what the feminists try to do.
That can only be possible if everyone feels the same way at the same time. Those who don't view those who do as easy prey which wont fight back.
Can I sign up for the reverse draft? Like, if another country invades us, I get to fight for them, not against them? I'd do that. Don't even care what country it is. As long as it's not Canada.
Good if it’s America. Bad if it’s China.