I don't agree with this specific qualifier but I can see the argument. It's closer to the Starship Troopers approach. You should have some stake in the future of your country to make decisions, not just the here and now and what can the government give me. An example of the problems that causes is the Keynesian monetary system itself, based on creating debt that our children and grandchildren will be expected to pay off, unless they pass the buck down to their children and grandchildren.
However this wouldn't solve that. I'm not trying to do generational blaming here, but much of our societal decay and cultural ills were handed to us by the boomers (or earlier in case of the Federal Reserve) who simply wanted more economic prosperity, and sent their young offspring to go "find themselves" and be individuals in the world so they themselves could retire early in empty nests. Line go up. At the same time the vast majority of past generations were married and had children. So obviously that de-facto rule did nothing to prevent the eventual breakdown of the system.
I don't agree with this specific qualifier but I can see the argument. It's closer to the Starship Troopers approach. You should have some stake in the future of your country to make decisions, not just the here and now and what can the government give me. An example of the problems that causes is the Keynesian monetary system itself, based on creating debt that our children and grandchildren will be expected to pay off, unless they pass the buck down to their children and grandchildren.
However this wouldn't solve that. I'm not trying to do generational blaming here, but much of our societal decay and cultural ills were handed to us by the boomers (or earlier in case of the Federal Reserve) who simply wanted more economic prosperity, and sent their young offspring to go "find themselves" and be individuals in the world so they themselves could retire early in empty nests. Line go up. At the same time the vast majority of past generations were married and had children. So obviously that de-facto rule did nothing to prevent the eventual breakdown of the system.
It's the simple truth, when you don't work to earn something through some kind of self sacrifice, you take it for granted and you easily waste it.
you mean that lefty-pol ""dystopia"" movie about a fascist earth fighting alien bugs?
No fren, the unironically based novel describing a ""utopian"" future Earth where service guarantees citizenship. :)
(Verhoeven is an arrogant asshole and didn't even read the book.)