this post was submitted on 07 Jan 2025
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Compulsory service exists in many parts of the world and it is rarely good.
Forcing people to do work they don't want to do leads to very unproductive environments that are also very open to abuse. Being forced by law to do the work has a tendency to create super unhealthy power dynamics.