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    • JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works
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      3 months ago

      How about WWII? Should the allies have been significantly weaker and prolonged how long the Nazis were in power to avoid a draft?

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          I’d hold a lesser of two evils justify it. The government already dictates what you need to do. Is it the commanded act of killing people that you think takes it too far?

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            a lesser of two evils justufies it

            Again, no it doesnt.

            the government already dictates what you need to do

            what? no?

            is the command act of killing people that you think takes it too far?

            any forced labor takes it too far.

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              They force jury duty, taxes, traffic laws, and sometimes public service or jail time. Those are all forced labor.

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                3 months ago

                The difference is that the need for a jury of your peers is in the constitution.

                Traffic laws are not forced labor. Nor is jail time, that’s a punishment.

                I’m starting to think you have no idea what you’re talking about.

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                  3 months ago

                  They dictate what you do and don’t do. Taxes take a portion of your time as well since you need to work longer. I didn’t see how it’s categorically different. Just a difference of extent.

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                    3 months ago

                    Yes and that extent is an issue, especially when it goes over the line of what’s allowed in the constitution.

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      3 months ago

      Why ought countries risk their existence to avoid a draft? The government already dictates other matters of life and death. Forgoing a draft would force bigger permanent militaries and not allow for some defense in depth strategies.