They’re floating trial balloons about reinstating conscription, or slavery in service to the military. From el gato malo at boriquagato.substack.com:
so, i’m just going to come out and say it:
“if your system of government relies upon the sagacity and ethics of the leaders who run it to keep you safe and free, you are engaging in utopian thinking and you’re going to get the tyranny you deserve.”
the obvious takeaway from this is the need for a system of government that does not require leaders to provide liberty, freedom, or any other of the seeds of human agency and thriving.
the cornerstone of the republic is that power should reside with we the people, enshrined in our rights and set irrevocably and inalienably above the preferences and prerogatives of leviathan and its agents.
and this goes double for war.
if your nation cannot support a volunteer military willing to defend it, then what does that say about both your country and the fights it picks?
and that starts to make THIS look worrying.
the essay cited can be found HERE.
