Some of the better arguments abstract it out to civil service requirements and not just military. I understand the urge to make people ‘prove’ their willingness to work for the betterment of the country before you let them vote, but I don’t think mandatory conscription would actually help.
Required civil service would be a very interesting program. Especially if they used it to build out important infrastructure like national parks that might otherwise be neglected.
I’m remembering one discussion in particular where he used the Civilian Conservation Corps and other work-relief programs during the Great Depression as evidence that it’s perfectly possible for the government to just invent jobs to be done, and especially now that we’re in the digital age, there is zero reason to keep a ‘conscription to vote’ scheme as military only.
Some of the better arguments abstract it out to civil service requirements and not just military. I understand the urge to make people ‘prove’ their willingness to work for the betterment of the country before you let them vote, but I don’t think mandatory conscription would actually help.
Required civil service would be a very interesting program. Especially if they used it to build out important infrastructure like national parks that might otherwise be neglected.
I’m remembering one discussion in particular where he used the Civilian Conservation Corps and other work-relief programs during the Great Depression as evidence that it’s perfectly possible for the government to just invent jobs to be done, and especially now that we’re in the digital age, there is zero reason to keep a ‘conscription to vote’ scheme as military only.