Source: Future of Freedom Foundation
by Jacob G Hornberger
“One of the interesting aspects of the Russia-Ukraine war is that the regimes in both countries have resorted to conscription to get soldiers to ‘serve their country.’ One would think that if a war is just, citizens would not have to be forced to fight in it. With conscription, the state commands a citizen to report to a military facility, where he is forced to become an employee of the state, at a wage set by the state. Even worse, his forced labor consists of killing people. Thus, conscription is really just a fancy form of military slavery because the citizen is being forced to provide his time and labor in the killing service of the state. One might be tempted to conclude that the United States is different from Russia and Ukraine. Not so. Just like those two countries, the U.S. government also relies on conscription.” (05/12/23)
https://www.fff.org/2023/05/12/involuntary-servitude-in-russia-ukraine-and-the-u-s/