Taxation is the government claiming a superior right to whatever portion of your earnings they demand. It is extortion. But conscription? Aside from chattel slavery, what is a more direct claim of ownership over another's life? "You will fight, kill, and die for us, or else, because we said so." How is that right? Governments xlaim to represent the people, but if they can't find volunteer soldiers, much less volunteer funding, how can they claim to fight in the public interest?