Dory Berkowitz-Bukowski
Clam whisperer
So doing service for the government isn't giving back to that same system?
The point is that paying taxes is still doing something. You now want to qualify it with physically forcing someone to do something. The point remains that your core belief is not about forcing someone to do something they don't want to do, it's about forcing people to do something that you don't agree with.
And requiring service for benefits does not force anyone to do anything. The service would then be entirely voluntary. Your mistake is in thinking that government - and thus, the rest of the citizens that fund it - owes them something. The world owes you absolutely jack squat.
I actually agree with you. Civil service is a very good idea and I don't think you should be a fully citizen unless you do some. If you don't want to do it (non-violent etc) then you should have to do some other kind of governmental work to entitle you to reap the benefits of your society instead of getting it all for free. You either do it and you get benefits or you don't and you look after yourself completely.