I just want to ask, what do the US Soldiers, which enlisted in free will, think of conscription?

Where i come from, in Switzerland in europe, there's still conscription in place in 2021. I served a long time ago in the army '95, but as said, there's still conscription to this day. For me, it's kinda strange that people enlist into the army in free will, because here, you get dragged into the military.

So, i'd like to ask the US Soldiers, what do you think of conscription? That men get conscripted, no matter if they want to serve or not.

Many countries have removed the conscription, but there are some countries still around, where you don't get asked for enlisting - you get dragged into service, if you refuse, you'd get into very serious problems with the military police. For example, in switzerland, guys who don't want to serve in the military were stripped from their rights in the past, like the right to vote or the right to hold gov. offices.

The death penalty was abolished in 1992, but in WW2 and the cold war, someone who didn't want to serve in the military could have faced very, veeeery serious consequences: Like, being stripped from the political rights (like voting or holding gov. offices). being sentenced to prison or being killed.

So, i'm just asking the US Soldiers here, what do you think of conscription? And, maybe more important, what do you think of punishment when someone doesn't want to serve in the military, like being arrested or getting the death penalty because of accused of being a traitor to the country?

Still in 2021, here in switzerland, if you don't want to serve in the military, you have to pay a lot of money to the army: 3% of your whole income per year is being an additional tax if you don't join the army. That's maybe easy right now, but as i said, in the past, you'd get into serious trouble, maybe even seen as a traitor to the country and get the death penalty for that.

But, even the death penalty is an easy one, considered like some countries treat the people: For example, in the Soviet Union, your whole family were seen as traitors and get serious punishment. Like, when someone didn't serve in the military, this had consequences to the whole family, like, people that were considered traitors were not allowed to go to the university or getting better paid jobs in the governement.

So, as said, what do you think of very serious punishment like long prison sentences or the death penalty when someone doesn't want to serve in the military?

Is this for US citizens even imagineable, to get punished to death for not joining the army?