Anti-Imperialism/Foreign Policy

Involuntary Servitude in Russia, Ukraine, and the U.S.

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FRIDAY, MAY 12, 2023
The State can protect and promote the interests of its sick, or potentially sick, citizens in one of two ways only: either by coercing physicians, and other medical and paramedical personnel, to serve patients — as State-owned slaves in the last analysis, or be creating economic, moral, and political circumstances favorable to a plentiful supply of competent physicians and effective drugs.
– Thomas Szasz, “The Right to Health” [1969]

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May 12, 2023

Involuntary Servitude in Russia, Ukraine, and the U.S.
One of the interesting aspects of the Russia-Ukraine war is that the regimes in both countries have resorted to conscription to get soldiers to “serve their country.” One would think that if a war is just, citizens would not have to be forced to fight in it. With conscription, the state commands a citizen to report to a military facility, where he is forced …
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