Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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No, that would be PROGRESS.
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Extra pay, not always
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1. There are jobs everywhere that pay more. And I mean everywhere! 2. We aren’t engaged in any patriotic momentum of war. 3. Training isn’t appealing because employers will take any warm body. 4. Retirement incentives from the military are gone. I fully support and wish for a substantial military force, but reality is kicking us all in the shorts. The draft was the solution for our country from the 40s till 1970s. Countries have had to go to compulsory or draft obligations across the globe. From Israeli forces to Great Britain, most able bodied male citizens do their part.
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There seems to be a surge in enlistments during times of conflict/war. After 9/11 there was a patriotic surge in enlistments, for example.
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I notice recruitment in Rome is way off of 31 B.C. levels, too. Maybe the first sign of a failing democracy is the unwillingness of kids to die for it.
How to solve that problem, and on the way, also prevent democracy from devolving into tyranny? I've heard no better suggestion than Robert Heinlein's -- require service as a requisite for full citizenship, and use that service to indoctrinate kids with the cost, gravity, and responsibility of wielding the franchise, so that maybe some of them will vote the interests of future generations, instead of their own naked envy. The problem with democracy has always been how to limit the franchise to the competent without infringing on the rights of the incompetent. Sadly, our founding preceded Heinlein's solution by about 200 years. I think it's probably too late now to implement it. |
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You are also wrong about today's children- young adults.
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