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[-] Allonzee@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Different topic a little, but I think a compulsory year or two of service is good for a society.

That said, nations that do it tend to always make it military, when at minimum, there should be a societal service/peace core option, and preferably that should be the common option taken. (help build homeless housing, soup kitchens, etc)

Here in the US, we aren't a society. We have a sociopathic culture we try to reframe as being "ruggedly individual" aka free to die in the gutter alone. Empathy is a bad word here and our elite's children go to different schools than our people. National compulsory service might buy some social buy in.

But we'd rather work against one another in a race to the bottom than lift each other up as a people.

[-] index@sh.itjust.works -4 points 2 weeks ago

Different topic a little, but I think a compulsory year or two of service is good for a society.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compulsory_Miseducation

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