"The country has money. Pay people for this civic duty. "
'Civic duty' is not a 'job' - it's the responsibility that every citizen has to be conscientious and to consider their acts in the context of the greater good.
Also, you fail to consider that many acts of civic duty transcend notions of 'money'.
How much would you have to pay someone to risk their life for your little startup's capital shares?
Imagine the 'worker protections' and kind of power a Union might have for a fully privatized military force that had to operate under real rule of law.
It would be infinity.
Well, in reality, some poor people would be forced into it on the cheap, and then you'd have a real social problem.
Again - I'm always fundamentally amazed at the selfishness of some people who cannot grasp that a cause greater than the dollar in front of them is essential to a well formed nation.
All functional states depend on this, if anything, the civic ethos is taken advantage of by selfish people unwilling to do their part, or to consider that it's a requirement.
As this cynicism creeps into the population, it rots from within.
See: the assassination of Roman Emperor Pertinax, who's murderers - the Praetorian Guard, literally sold the seat of Emperor to the highest bidder. The Praetorian Guard originated before the Roman Empire, and was made up of equestrian families i.e. those who could afford to bring a horse into combat. During pre-Empire Rome - all citizens were required to be part of civil defence - and the more money they had - the more they were required to contribute. 'Laymen' brought their own sword and shield, the 'wealthy' brought horses etc..
When a critical mass of individuals within a group fail to recognize their inherent responsibility to the greater good - it eventually collapses.