It's amazing that they actually consider that a reasonable political stance. Also hilarious that you've got women trying to pressure young men to do their patriotic duty. Every Single Time.
A note about civic duty and the Starship Troopers ideal: Service guarantees citizenship. It would be totally reasonable to tie the franchise to some kind of voluntary service done on behalf of your fellow countrymen. It's not reasonable to have compulsory service that doesn't grant you anything except what everyone already gets for free. That's called being a slave.
They're not alone. "Conservatives" in Germany are also considering to bring back compulsory service. The socialists kinda maybe possibly want it, too, but they prefer "voluntary" service by somehow bribing people.
Except they've got no money for either model. So on top of conscripting people they have to figure out how to steal from them first to pay for it.
How about:
...... yeah, no.
It's amazing that they actually consider that a reasonable political stance. Also hilarious that you've got women trying to pressure young men to do their patriotic duty. Every Single Time.
A note about civic duty and the Starship Troopers ideal: Service guarantees citizenship. It would be totally reasonable to tie the franchise to some kind of voluntary service done on behalf of your fellow countrymen. It's not reasonable to have compulsory service that doesn't grant you anything except what everyone already gets for free. That's called being a slave.
They're not alone. "Conservatives" in Germany are also considering to bring back compulsory service. The socialists kinda maybe possibly want it, too, but they prefer "voluntary" service by somehow bribing people.
Except they've got no money for either model. So on top of conscripting people they have to figure out how to steal from them first to pay for it.