It does make sense and the issue here isn't communal service periods but for making it only the young which "by chance" makes it so almost everyone who had any hand in it wouldn't have to do it ever.

If it were every citizen had to do some form of labor for some period I don't think anyone would have much of an argument.

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[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, we should go back to an agricultural economy, like 200 years ago!

[–] Allero@lemmy.today 3 points 2 days ago (2 children)

We still live in a world with mandatory military service in many countries. I'd trade it for that.

But otherwise thanks, I'd rather have neither.

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[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

[–] Serinus@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCF2RdtLMNQ

Against me! - Those Anarcho Punks Are Mysterious

Wrong thread, sorry.

[+] kemsat@lemmy.world -8 points 2 days ago (5 children)

I think all citizens should have to go through the military’s Basic Training when they hit 18. No need to do the 4 years of service if they don’t want to, but do have to make it through boot camp, even if you want to go to university.

[–] Allero@lemmy.today 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

As a scientist (i.e. someone who went through a lot of academia) who's strictly opposed to taking a gun, especially in the name of a state, hell no.

A better idea would probably be to advocate for peace, so that people wouldn't have to learn these things to begin with.

Military is not productive labor, it's just draining countless lives and resources in the name of some guy's fucked up ambitions.

[–] kemsat@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Not really talking about the guns part. More the working out, the team building, the discipline. When I did basic training we only had like 1 or 2 days for training with guns. I was in the navy tho.

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