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No, they're rejecting it as an extremely prejudicial term biased toward your position, and also because it's not the same thing. We do just fine with an all volunteer army because we've spent the last 50 fighting extremely lopsided wars against technologically inferior and badly run armies...

As I said before, this is just the opposite side of the horseshoe from "capitalism is slavery, because you must work or starve", and to answer your previous response, no, no that's exactly how it is. Yes, in most western countries you won't starve if you don't work, thanks to private charity...

Personally, I lean towards the "duty" argument. The core purpose of government is to protect the rights of it's citizens, or as it was most famously put, it's purpose is "establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the...

Splitting off a derail from here, o er the question of if Conscription is totally immoral slavery or a fundamental duty of citizenship, something in between, or something else entirely?