I don't understand ANY argument for conscription. Of all the laws on the books that are still "acceptable" in modernity from even the "progressive" crowd, the one that perplexes me the most is conscription.
For me, it's just so simple: If a government needs to force people to fight for the government then the government has no right to exist. A legitimate government should be able to raise a fully volunteer army because all the citizens the government represents wants to fight to defend this government.
Just think about it for a moment. Supposedly some evil enemy is coming to rape your women and kill all the men or enslave everyone by taking their rights away. Everyone should want to defend against that, no? If someone doesn't volunteer to fight against that then clearly they've decided that rape and death is better than... rape and death? Or, perhaps they've decided they can still live without dying for a country and they'd rather this conclusion.
How can anyone justify using force to force something to go to war and die against their will?
I hate the concept of conscription so much I think anyone who suggests it should be hanged, tbh. You want people to fight for you? Offer them an incentive then.
How can you appeal to common defense when western governments are currently mass importing military-aged foreign men to replace their own populations? We don't even have countries anymore, just economic zones ruled by hostile governments.
Isn't what I'm talking about. I've repeatedly made reference to much older principles than the nonsense establishments of clown world.
The common defense, right now, would be overthrowing those very same.
So, not allowing yourself to be conscripted, or joining and fragging some zogbot officers would be contributing to the common defense.
That isn't what OP said.
He said there is no argument for conscription. Plain as day, that is his default statement here.
Well, the entire history of humanity belies that claim.
His statement at the top looks to be describing the modern day.