One of the issues of the Obama presidency is Service. According to BarackObama.com, "Obama and Biden will set a goal that all middle and high school students do 50 hours of community service a year, and will establish a new tax credit that is worth $4,000 a year in exchange for 100 hours of public service a year." According to Change.gov, the Office of the President-Elect:

The Obama Administration will call on Americans to serve in order to meet the nation’s challenges. President-Elect Obama will expand national service programs like AmeriCorps and Peace Corps and will create a new Classroom Corps to help teachers in underserved schools, as well as a new Health Corps, Clean Energy Corps, and Veterans Corps. Obama will call on citizens of all ages to serve America, by setting a goal that all middle school and high school students do 50 hours of community service a year and by developing a plan so that all college students who conduct 100 hours of community service receive a universal and fully refundable tax credit ensuring that the first $4,000 of their college education is completely free. Obama will encourage retiring Americans to serve by improving programs available for individuals over age 55, while at the same time promoting youth programs such as Youth Build and Head Start.

Let me state first that I am not suggesting that Obama is a Nazi or that he's the new Hitler. But when I hear about a government requiring community service for young people, I have to admit that a certain image comes to mind. In the words of George Santayana, "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."

Returning to Total Resistance, there is a section on "The Struggle for the Youth."

An occupation my last many years. The enemy and especially the "Quisling" government installed by him, to consolidate power, will attempt to subvert the minds of the youth.

The enemy not only wants to exploit economically and militarily the occupied territory for his own war purposes, but also wants to incorporate it into his ideological sphere of power. As a consequence, you are not only to be conquered but also, if possible, to be converted. With this policy, he not only hopes to obtain labor forces but also eventually individuals who will support his ideology.

The enemy will write off the older generation, at least partially, as being impossible to convert. He will rely on terror to keep them in check and eliminate them, if necessary, by deportation or execution.

He will, however, turn with increased vigor toward the youth which he will attempt to convert by a variety of means--from promises to naked threats.

The struggle for youth is roughly divided into two parts:
(1) Suppressing the traditional youth organizations and replacing them by a "State Youth Movement."
(2) Elimination or at least a great reduction of the influence of family, church, and school upon young people, and replacing it with the influence of the party and its youth organizations.

B. Suppression of free youth organizations
The enemy fears the forces of community alive in free youth movement. His demand upon your mind is complete. As a result he cannot tolerate any other youth organizations besides the "State Youth Movement" created by him. Any type of allegiance to the old organizations will not be tolerated.

Specifically, the enemy will forbid the traditional youth organizations to do the following:
(1) Wearing of uniforms or pieces of clothing resembling uniforms;
(2) Displaying insignias, flags, and pennants;
(3) Marching, hiking, camping, etc.;
(4) Participating in any kind of sports activity.

In addition to these active measures of fighting the organizations, strong pressure will be created simultaneously to join the newly created "State Youth Movement." It will be announced, for instance, that in the future any applicant for any type of advanced or key position will be accepted only if he can prove that he was a member of the "State Youth Movement." [note: or all college students who conduct 100 hours of community service receive a universal and fully refundable tax credit ensuring that the first $4,000 of their college education is completely free - Brian]

C. Means used by the enemy to exploit the youth include the unscrupulous, diabolic exploitation of:
(1) the youthful desire for action and adventure;
(2) the ability for enthusiasm (phony ideas);
(3) the ability to become easily impressed with such things as flags, uniforms, music, and pictures;
(4) the little developed ability to judge critically;
(5) the fact that youth forgets easily and is resilient;
(6) the "conflict between generations" (normal latent tension with older generation);
(7) the "golden promises" of the future;
(8) the veiled and indirect coercion which is only used as a last resort.

The enemy thus attempts to make the aims of youth the same as his.

First phase of subverting the youth
First of all, the youth will be enlisted and won over to the enemy's side by subjects of interest to them:

Exploiting the "motor fad" of youth (knowledge of motors, driver's school for motorcycles or cars).

Exploitation of the "hunger for beauty" of youth (films and trips and colorful meetings).

Second phase
Introduction of political lessons (political influence). For the time being, only a very few lessons will be introduced which will go almost unnoticed in the clever, interesting, and technical programs presented by the state. Gradually, the number of hours of political instruction increases until it becomes the main subject.

In conjunction with the above, a slow, almost imperceptible change of emphasis from sports to a systematic pre-military training occurs.

Since occupation may well last many years, there is a great danger of politically poisoning the youth. The enemy places great emphasis on political matters even in wartime.

Always remember, "Work Makes You Free."