Societies that raise slave armies aren't free.
Or, did I miss where you'd be able to abstain if, for instance, you knew the whole thing was a farce?
> Being a citizen doesn't just have benefits but also responsibilities.
And consequences. If you're a US taxpayer (one of about 200M) you've recently paid for the killing of about 1/100th of someone, likely a non-combatant.
Not to count (of course) those your country's policies have merely displaced, such as many of the poor in Mexico, victims of "Free Trade" and the like.
Darned illegals.
> If we completely open the borders to everyone, then our government wouldn't even be able to serve the current legal citizens.
Cite needed.
The USA can manufacture and deliver a bomb for every man, woman, and child in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, etc, and you don't think it could provide basic food and medical instead?