I would also be a genuine chance for period of guaranteed employment developing valuable job experience while also contributing to society. And if we didn’t give the Senate Armed Services Committee a blank check we could actually fund some useful New Deal-esque programs.
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If the government wants to do lots of cool shit, then there’s nothing stopping them from offering the going rate for the job. Even a cool job would lose its sparkle somewhat if you’re forced to do it by law.
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I didn’t get the impression that anyone was suggesting they shouldn’t pay a fair wage for the work. If so, then fuck that noise.
I’ll add that as an anarchist I’d prefer any civil service programs to be organized from the communities and run by the workers.
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It’s kind of inevitable. When you have a group of workers that are compelled by law to work there, and can’t take a competing job offer, how much do you trust that they would be paid well?
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No, it isn’t. You aren’t being forced to register. If you aren’t willing to register for the Selective Service, you shouldn’t be entitled to the benefits deriven therefrom.
By making it the law?
I mean, to a certain extent this tangent is pretty speculative to begin with.
Speculative, and dangerous.
The current state of America is not one which lends much possibility of a national service program free of abuse, and that state did not magically spring into being at the moment of Trump’s election. It’s been headed in this direction for much longer than three years.
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How about no more wars of aggression instead?
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Right. Enrol for extra perks.
I rather doubt speculating about a type of service that’s presently impossible in the US (and probably until younger generations establish themselves in government) is going to lead to a mandatory fascist national civil service. On the flip side, I think talking about a socialist New Deal will gradually chip away at the present Establishment’s death grip on keeping it from happening. I don’t dismiss the idea of national service out of hand, but it’s neither possible nor desirable in the current political zeitgeist (of which Discount Shitler is both a symptom and an exacerbating factor).
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i.e. “Ow! My bone spurs!”
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