I also think there are prices too high to pay to save the United States. Conscription is one of them. Conscription is slavery, and I don't think that any people or nation has a right to save itself at the price of slavery for anyone, no matter what name it is called. We have had the draft for twenty years now; I think this is shameful. If a country can't save itself through the volunteer service of its own free people, then I say: Let the damned thing go down the drain!
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The author argues that conscription is slavery and not a price worth paying to save a nation. If a country cannot survive through volunteer service, it should be allowed to fail.
- In plain terms
- Conscription is slavery and too high a price to save a nation. Let a country fail if it needs forced service.
- What can you take from it?
- Freedom matters more than state survival through forced service.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Is freedom worth dying for?
- When does service become slavery?
Another view
Nations sometimes need forced mobilization in emergencies.
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