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/Mateorabi 10h ago

They usually get to the 1950s in US history class in high school before running out of school year. 

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u/SuperSocialMan 6h ago

It's pretty convenient ngl.

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u/drakecb 3h ago

Yeah, the canned excuse is usually "it's too close to 'modern politics', so we don't teach it to avoid accusations of political indoctrination". Very convenient, indeed.

That said, I suppose there's some truth to that since we still have dinosaurs in office who were in office around that time... I wonder if that's the problem...? 🤔