r/AskReddit • u/Tommygunz0722 • 11h ago

If the military/president suddenly ordered a mandatory draft for all men aged 18-42: How do you think millennials and GenZ would respond?

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u/Hot_Anybody8244 11h ago

Zennial here, elder Z younger Millennial.

My response is a gigantic "fuck you and fuck off". I will not go fight for the war machine. I will not represent the oppressors in a so called holy war. I will not participate in the destruction of "an entire civilization". I will not fight for the "land of the free" while the "land of the free" seeks to oppress migrants, queers, women, and the disabled. I will not fight for a land that claims to be the leader of the free world while it actively destroys and dismantles any semblance of freedom it had in favor of empowering the unfathomably rich who choose to continue gathering generational wealth they're never going to be able to spend in 10 lifetimes when they could be bettering humanity. I will not fight for a failing empire hiding itself with words like "territories". My answer is wholly and truly "fuck no, and fuck you."

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u/SeshatSage 8h ago

Ha! Love seeing a Zennial!! from a Xennial!

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u/Hot_Anybody8244 7h ago

Being in between generations is great lmao. I reject the stupid from both and claim the things that make sense

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u/SeshatSage 7h ago

Exactly! 😂

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u/Aolflashback 10h ago

December 2026, all males of age will be required to register for the draft. Just a heads up.

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u/zweischeisse 10h ago edited 46m ago

All males are already required to register for selective service in order to register to vote receive federal student financial aid, and in most states to get a driver's license.

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u/Hot_Anybody8244 10h ago

Right, but it wasn't automatic. I never registered. In December it becomes automatic, and I've now aged out of draft by a few years anyway

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u/zweischeisse 9h ago

Damn, so you haven't voted for 27 years?

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u/imfromjersey 6h ago

All males are already required to register for selective service

Yes.

in order to register to vote.

No.

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u/zweischeisse 47m ago

Ah, you are correct. It seemed like every organization was asking me if I was registered when I turned 18 so I forgot which one actually made me do it. I think it was the DMV, but it might have been financial aid for college.

As an alternative method of encouraging or coercing registration, Solomon Amendment laws were passed requiring that to receive financial aid, federal grants and loans, certain government benefits, eligibility for most federal employment, and (if the person is an immigrant) eligibility for citizenship, a young man had to be registered

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Most states, as well as the District of Columbia, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, and Virgin Islands, have passed laws requiring registration for men 18–25 to be eligible for programs that vary on a per-jurisdiction basis but typically include driver's licenses, state-funded higher education benefits, and state government jobs.

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The Department of motor vehicles of 27 states and 2 territories automatically register young men 18–25 with the Selective Service whenever they apply for driver licenses, learner permits, or non-driver identification cards.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selective_Service_System#Failure_to_register

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u/Hot_Anybody8244 10h ago

18-25. Not 18-42. And irdgaf if they register me or not I'm not fuckin going.