conscription
Conscription is perhaps the most obvious example of how supposed "advanced democracies" are still ultimately authoritarian and backed by violence, and it continues to baffle me how people do not recognize this
If a state were actually "by the people, for the people" in reality, then conscription would not exist
conscription
@joepie91 and the highest polling presidential candidate in Taiwan wants to increase conscription because I guess warmongering gets votes???