• SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      12·
      8 days ago

      Especially these days, where farming is not just repeatedly whacking a hoe into the ground, but instead a massive industrialized and technologically heavy process

      • dual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️@lemmy.world
        3·
        8 days ago

        Oh, and I forgot the expense and hassle of transporting people from all over hell and creation to the farms, and then back again for these short terms. And feeding them and putting them up somewhere, too.

        Yeah, this whole idea is totally feasible…

  • lolola@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    411·
    9 days ago

    I wonder what mechanisms, legal or otherwise, they have in mind to exempt rich white people from such responsibilities.

  • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
    334·
    9 days ago

    The Venn diagram of the cultural revolution and MAGA is the same as a picture of a total eclipse…

    Just like far right Christian fundamentalists, far right Islamist fundemtalists, and far right Jewish fundementalists all want basically the same laws, they just want to be the ones in power.

    They squabble over details, but in general their end goals are identical

    • thefartographer@lemm.ee
      22·
      9 days ago

      My “moderately conservative” Jewish relatives accidentally quote Nazis recently. Pointing that out makes them very upset. Apparently it’s my fault when they say Nazi-things.

    • zephorah@lemm.ee
      93·
      9 days ago

      Well stated.

      It’s ok to skip past democracy and human rights as long as it’s my awesome philosophy being forced on the unwilling.

  • squid_slime@lemm.ee
    16·
    9 days ago

    Uk Tories tried to bring in national service but with enough money we could pay to avoid getting drafted. Essentially national service for the poor.

  • lightnsfw@reddthat.com
    7·
    8 days ago

    How about you just pay enough that working on your shitty farm is a desirable job for people who aren’t desperate?

  • shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
    37·
    8 days ago

    I’m fine with this. I’m also fine with a mandatory year of military service. FORCE people to live how the other half lives. Be a lot less whining and crying, from both sides, if we all had common, and difficult, experiences.

    Do it like Starship Troopers (the book). There’s a place for everyone to serve, no matter their abilities. Won’t serve your country for a lousy year? Fuck you, no franchise.

    Nothing like shared hardship to get people singing from the same sheet. It’s how every military since forever has done it.

    EDIT: So, no one read Starship Troopers? Want to vote? Serve. How to serve? Any way you are capable. You don’t have to be a soldier, or even serve in the military.

    • WrenFeathers@lemmy.worldM
      121·
      9 days ago

      The moment you force anything on your citizens, you are no longer a free country. Forced labor is slavery. Forced military service is nothing less.