It would make wars much more unpopular and thus less likely. Terrorism/democracy/oil/lithium is enough to justify a line on the news once a month, but not your child driving over IEDs.
And if you're drafted - free revolutionary training plus a chance to radicalize a fraternal organization. Conscientious objection should of course also be an option.
The current shortage of volunteers does constrain the US military to some extent - but they're rapidly shifting toward using more tech and arming locals to counteract that. I think drafts have more benefits than costs.
people that wouldn’t make that connection for it basically just cause suffering for no reason
Yeah, sure, not every worker suffering under capitalism becomes a socialist either. But if everyone has to serve customers at some point, everyone will be a bit nicer to customer service workers, you know?
I would hope the draft wouldn’t be a problem or a necessity in a socialist country because most people in it would be aware that the collapse or takeover of it would be a very bad thing.
That's a thought contradictory to the one above - is everyone conscious of the condition of their society or not? In a utopia, we'd all know when to fight a war and when to boycott one. But I think even in a socialist society the average person would shirk responsibility if left to their own devices - or even if only a minority would shirk responsibility, you'd be creating inequality down the line if you allow that minority to escape paying the costs that everyone else is paying.
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It would make wars much more unpopular and thus less likely. Terrorism/democracy/oil/lithium is enough to justify a line on the news once a month, but not your child driving over IEDs.
And if you're drafted - free revolutionary training plus a chance to radicalize a fraternal organization. Conscientious objection should of course also be an option.
The current shortage of volunteers does constrain the US military to some extent - but they're rapidly shifting toward using more tech and arming locals to counteract that. I think drafts have more benefits than costs.
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Yeah, sure, not every worker suffering under capitalism becomes a socialist either. But if everyone has to serve customers at some point, everyone will be a bit nicer to customer service workers, you know?
That's a thought contradictory to the one above - is everyone conscious of the condition of their society or not? In a utopia, we'd all know when to fight a war and when to boycott one. But I think even in a socialist society the average person would shirk responsibility if left to their own devices - or even if only a minority would shirk responsibility, you'd be creating inequality down the line if you allow that minority to escape paying the costs that everyone else is paying.
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