National Volunteer program and Whitewashing the fence... some things never change.
Not sure if that is an appropriate analogy...
Look how much fun it will be to paint this here fence" " Look how much fun it will be to volunteer" Exactamundo.
No, in one case you have someone tricking others into doing a chore. In the other case, you have volunteers who are doing something for the benefit of the community because they understand that a community benefit also benefits the volunteer. Just because someone isn't behaving selfishly doesn't mean that they are suckers. It would be a pretty crappy world if we all followed your proposed behavior.
Ask Not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country.
Waiting a hundred years for publication has the added benefit that the copyright will now last sooo very much longer than it did back then! I can't wait to read it! Might even be better than Heinlein's "Grumbles from the Grave"!
fropfreak
patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel
some things take more than a century to change, Mr. Twain.