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[nadinbrzezinski]

755. It is a policy that on principle I support

but I do not consider national service slavery. I also come from a country with a deep sense of we, not I, myself and only for myself. That is not sustainable for any society.

Also I do not consider military service the limit of civil service.

It is so bad that people who serve in the public sphere in this country are made fun off in this country, that includes county and city workers.

It is a sorry state of affairs, and not sustainable.

She was considering ONLY military, but when you look at policies abroad, it is not just the army. And she is willing to consider the California Conservation Corp, or EMTs serving in rural areas, shit like that, as part of it. And it should. It would help with this sense of anomie that has infected the nation.

Would you be opposed to this form of slavery, as you called it, with people serving along side firefighters in the California Conservation Corp?

But seriously, 30 + years of propaganda as to the evils of all government are partly at the root of this very unhealthy attitude.

I don't expect you to reconsider that attitude of yours. I really don't. But this all service is evil is pretty much a success of this... "The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help.'"

Do not worry though, national service is not coming anytime soon. In fact, it will not come back as long as the oligarchy controls things and it is really bad for profits. I mean that. And the brass does not want it either. They all remember Vietnam, but for very different reasons than you do.