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Yeah I get that the mandatory bit is the hard bit to stomach.
I believe some of the Nordic countries do this public service while yoofs things. Maybe it's a few hours a week alongside studies.
I'm just outside the demographic that this would affect so actually maybe someone should be asking them what they think should happen.
The whole idea is a non starter tbh.
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The idea that states should be forcing people into a specific quid pro quo is quite a draconian notion.
@jaitch, I’m sure lots of people engaging with their community would help to some degree, but mandatory? If people don’t like doing it to begin with, it’ll be seen as forced labour. It’s not as if it’ll involve anything more than litter picking for most people, and they’ll hate it.