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I worry about a society that sends anyone to war. Its completely unethical no matter who it is you send.

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Pacifists can exist because someone has fought for their right to be a pacifist.

Not into defending yourself or your country? You sound idealistic at best.

I think we're talking about sending people to war against their will, i.e. the draft.

What would you would do if you were attacked by another country? What if your peaceful trade partner was being attacked? What if there were a genocide occurring in another country?

I'm willing to have a draft if everyone on the draft roll gets veto power over whether or not the war happens. I think your questions boil down to, "what if you were drafted to fight a war that you would have volunteered to fight anyway?"

What are the reasons to attack? Mainly for resources and religion. Resources was solved by better global trade, religion is mainly in decline.

>What if there were a genocide occurring in another country?

How does a military solve this? Create an even bigger genocide?

I would think a military solves a genocide by preventing it. Reading the news or history would provide many examples of genocide being stopped by military action.

Is it safe to assume you would have opposed the US entering the war in Europe in World War 2, because there was a genocide happening but the US couldn't do anything but cause a bigger one?

A society that wouldn't send/draft people to war is one that doesn't care about it's existence.

What about a society that cares so much about its own existence that people volunteer?

At least that way the people affected get to decide what happens rather than being tools in some pointless political dick waving contest.

I'm very much against war but if there was impending danger locally I would sign up to sit near the beach and shoot down any danger coming my way.

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