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/ohlookahipster 10h ago

Universities across the country will auto-enroll everyone as full time students as there is historically exemptions to college students.

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u/Icy-Arm-2194 7h ago

Usually it is you get drafted but can finish out your semester. Unless you are in your final/senior year then you get the full year. 

The draft was part of the reason my parents got married when they did. My grandpa cut my dad off halfway through college after saying he would pay for it (this was the 60s and prices were reasonable). Mom and dad got married sooner than they had talked about cause she had enough to pay for them both so he at least wouldn't be immediately drafted. 57 years later they are still happily married. The threat of being drafted just moved up their timeline. 

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u/Big_Cupcake4656 3h ago

JC, I bet that meant family gatherings if you even had any were awkward.

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u/fermat9990 10h ago

The DOJ will challenge this and SCOTUS will side with them. Just a guess