The Evil of Forced Volunteerism

The schools of the Dewey system and leftist bureaucrats in Washington have recently allied for the promotion of mandatory youth groups similar to the Pioneers of the former Soviet Union and the Spies of Mr. Orwell's dystopia. Let us recall that within such organizations, occupying a student's time beyond the school day, were coordinated "collective" activities aimed not at material gain or the development of individual capacities, but rather at the reinforcement of the mentality of "service", "spirit", and "cooperation", words of Newspeak quality defining in actuality the surrender of personal opportunities and selections for the sake of the Party. The songs, marches, drills, and banners of the Pioneers and the Spies were intended to foster the fanatical inward devotion to the ruling elite and the heated outward hooliganism against potential dissenters, which molded the youths into "uncontrollable little savages." It is a matter of alarm, although not one of surprise, that the socialist wing of academia is at the moment attempting to implement a similar design. In order to maintain necessary vigilance and thwart such a scheme, as well as establish yet another link between the Oceanian Party and the modern left, it will be fitting to conduct an anatomy of the precise state of affairs.

Here the factual and analytical data furnished by Mr. Steven Martinovich, Editor-in-Chief of "Enter Stage Right" Internet Magazine, will be of assistance to us. The assaults against thousands of innocent civilians by murderous fanatics on September 11, Mr. Martinovich claims, have resulted in a fanatical initiative from regulators seeking to exploit the situation.