Myanmar's military service on Saturday (Feb 10) announced the enforcement of the People's Military Service Law under which all men aged 18-35 and women aged 18-27 are supposed to serve a minimum of two years in the military. This decision comes as the junta faces continued resistance to its 2021 coup, which has plunged the nation into a state of unrest.
The move is further set to intensify junta's grip on power.
So slavery, then?
Military service is not usually equated to slavery
Conscription by an illegitimate government in the middle of a civil war is slavery. Imagine being conscripted and sent to kill people in your home town.
It is not the ethics or legitimacy of the government, but the loss of rights and forced labor that makes it slavery.