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[LeftyMom]

71. Your argument is both disingenuous and ultimately irrelevant.

First some of the countries you mentioned don't even have mandatory national service. For example the vast majority of those called for Norway's service program are excused, the participation rate is only 13%. It's a voluntary program in practice. That's literally the first thing I looked at to spot check you, would you like me to see which other countries you're in error about?

Second, it doesn't really matter. The right of an adult to control their own labor and priorities is enshrined in our constitution. We fought a war over it. It was a big damn deal.

Third, your insistence that national service would reduce militarism only works if one is entirely unfamiliar with US history.

Fourth, your insistence that elites would be subject to national security only works if one is entirely unfamiliar with both US history and the current implementation of US policy.

In short, it's an ill-informed, painfully stupid idea which you have failed to support at all effectively.