“Service brings citizenship…”
Such a policy, 1st, cuts anti-militarists out, 2nd, cuts anyone who isn’t eligible out-- e.g. most pople born disabled–, and 3rd, if 20th-century Japanese militarism is anything to go by, would lead the military to screen candidates for political orthodoxy…
It could also go the imperial British route: rich idiots buying their way into the officer corps for a brief stint before moving on to Parliament.
Highly effective at producing events such as the Charge of the Light Brigade.
https://twitter.com/centristslayer/status/977601000910417925
(context: Marcus/Candice/ABL are some of the most prominent anti-Bernie/pro-Clinton advocates on Twitter. Ideology follows class interests)
Long but well done:
Genghis was a fascinating dude. On the one hand, egalitarian revolutionary; on the other, mass murdering imperialist.