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Conscription: Military Conscription
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Conscription involves the degradation of human personality, and the destruction of liberty. Barrack life, military drill, blind obedience to commands... unjust and foolish they may be, and deliberate training for slaughter undermine respect for the individual, for democracy and human life.
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In 1808, Prussia instituted a system of universal conscription and, after 1815, put it into practice fully, without exemption because of social class or payment. All young men served a specified term of duty for military training.
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[O]nce in power dictators such as Napoleon, Hitler, Stalin, and Saddam Hussein have used conscription. The most significant attempt on Hitler's life was from the professional component of his military.
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