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Originally Posted by Astrophe
Yes mate, I remember than time (the lottery of death, as it was called) very clearly. My father was a committed Labor man and he was adamant that if my number (or any of my brothers' numbers) came up, then I/we was/were going underground. He often said that he wasn't having any of his sons used as cannon fodder by the Yanks, or by the Menzies Government. Who was I to argue?
P.S. Many thanks for the birthday wishes.
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Well you were lucky.
My father and father in law to be were both returned soldiers from WW2, both were liberal voters and thought the Labour party was controlled by the Communist party, and that unions were a communist plot to undermine society.
And I was law clerk in an office where the same beliefs were the norm.
If I was called up all would be proud that I went off to fight the reds and worse still I would have gone happily to fight the threat.
So I have come a long way to become a socialist.
Probably all a result of the cold war and the propaganda we were fed.
And thinking about conscription today I think why what I was suggesting in the op did not register was because I think I simply put those times out of my head.
And sadly we still dance to others music and the propaganda still goes on today...
What I learnt was at certain level of privilege it is impossible for them to see suffering is more likely a product of society rather than lack of enthusiasm or determination to work.
Perhaps you would care to join me in drafting the outlines of my proposed new world order.. It will work if all humans are given a labotomy.
Alex