(June 5, 2018 at 12:05 pm)Neo-Scholastic Wrote:(June 5, 2018 at 11:34 am)polymath257 Wrote: Yes, the government is justified *at times* in requiring people to perform work against their will in the service of others. That is, after all, what a military draft does. It is what happens when someone is *required* to serve on a jury. It is what happens when people are *required* to pay taxes.
There are many cases where governments do, in fact, have that right and are justified in using it.
There must be a compelling state interest. There is no compelling state interest for the government to insert itself into voluntary and honest private business transactions any more than there is one for the government to insert itself into private consensual sexual behavior. Even in the extreme case of military conscription during times of war, there have always been exceptions for conscientious objectors, such as for Quakers, etc.
You've become a parody of yourself, Neo. Apparently not everyone agrees with you.