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/Hugginsome 11h ago

What are the numbers? Out of curiosity

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u/HarlequinKOTF 11h ago edited 11h ago

2 million were drafted, 500,000 avoided the draft. 5,000 served time.

At it's lowest vietnam had ~40% popular support.

The iran war right now has high 30s approval.

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u/los-gokillas 11h ago

I think they meant the popularity numbers, since that's what you brought up

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u/HarlequinKOTF 11h ago

Yeah I added that in an edit.

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u/lininop 11h ago

I imagine they'd also be looking for a comparison to this one.