2024-09-05 20:27:13
This is a personal opinion. It would also be similar to a draft system (for militaries) or even prison labour, which, if I recall correctly, legal precedent exists for. NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(5-1-6) Author
2024-09-05 20:28:04
1) slavery is the state of treating human persons as movable property that can be bought and sold, conscription is not that. 2) this is an opinion, stop abusing CN to criticize opinions. NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(6-0-7) Author
2024-09-06 09:13:01
Chairman Mao implemented a similar policies in The Great Leap Forward. The result was The Great Chinese Famine where estimates up to 55 million people died from starvation. It is considered one of the greatest man made disasters in history. [Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(26-0-8) Author
2024-09-06 14:30:04
NNN- This is a personal opinion. If you would like to discuss Mao or conscription please do so in the replies. NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(6-0-2) Author
2024-09-06 22:51:24
The Khmer Rouge's policies led to the deaths of ~2 million Cambodians through execution, starvation & forced labor. Their "agrarian utopia" caused immense suffering. History shows such radical social engineering results in catastrophe, not progress. [Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(4-0-4) Author
2024-09-08 13:31:13
NNN - This post expresses a personal opinion. While this is straight out of the playbook of the Cultural Revolution and the Killing Fields of Cambodia, and is without doubt a truly terrible idea, the place to make that point is in the comments, not a Community Note. NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(0-0-0) Author