IMHO, the anti-war, anti-empire movement will grow substantially if *everyone* in the mother country has to face the existential consequences which go hand in hand with the militarized maintenance of imperialism, *not* just those desperate enough to sell their skills to the "volunteer" armed forces for a living.
Perhaps this could go further: War and empire both ride the rails of corporate personhood and overrun true persons. Not only could the "duty" to "serve" be spread to all persons, but, concomittantly, the rights of personhood (freedom of speech, self-protection, voting, campaigning, et al) should be reserved for only true persons and not arbitrary devices like corporations.
Dan Scanlan
