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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Or just make it a function of the military. A crop corps, if you will. We already have the Army Corps of Engineers. This would be just another civil function.

After all, food independence from other states, and ensuring the security of logistics supply like food, are an important part of any military strategy.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Will they have tome between the mopping and the pushups?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

I remember hearing that there was a similar concept in Soviet Union at some point, when normal citizens worked collecting fruits or something like that.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

It could start a.... Cultural revolution... One could say

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago

Sure, but only if all Americans have to work for, and live on, one year of service industry work - like waiting tables, checking out customers, or serving fast food. Especially the rich ones.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

Without pay i assume.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 month ago

I really love when people get radicalised because of maga cunts and proceed to think that everything opposite is heaven on earth

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 month ago

Every American has to do one season of farm work but all food is now free. Monkey's paw curls and all that.

Farmers can't just have free labor and still get all the profits.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I hate it, but it's preferable to Anarcho-Capitalism.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

While I get the frustration with current systems, forcing people to do anything—whether it’s military service, farm labor, or any other work—goes against individual freedom. In a free market, people choose the jobs that fit their skills and interests, which leads to more innovation and productivity. Forcing everyone into the same mold is just another form of government overreach. Anarcho-capitalism believes in voluntary interactions and the power of markets to self-regulate. Let people work where they’re best suited, not where the state dictates.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

There's always a question of where do we draw the line?

The justice system is a form of government overreach. To be truly free, everyone should be allowed to do absolutely anything, including murder and theft.

Hmm, doesn't seem like a good idea. People might infringe on other people's right to live, or more importantly, their private property. Maybe we should do something about it... Idk, adopt some laws, have police that can arrest you for committing a crime?

Okay, now we already have a government, but they don't do a whole lot. Yet to some, this would still be called overreach.

Ding ding ding, it's a fire! In your neighborhood! Who's going to put it out? Well the private firefighters are - IF the owner first sells the house to them for cheap. Otherwise, what's the point even?

Wait, shit... Maybe firefighters shouldn't be private either?

Anyway, this is all too much for my tiny mind right now. You see, I grew up somewhat poor so I should've gone and worked the farms at the age of 7 instead of going to school, which my family shouldn't have been able to afford under a completely fair, anarcho-capitalist system. Unfortunately, it was free for me - other people suffered and paid taxes so that I could receive free education I didn't deserve, and the social mobility that comes with it. I now have those peoples' blood on my hands, for they paid a little bit of income and social taxes.

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