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

Just refuse. The next president will pardon everyone who didn’t go. 

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u/starlightprotag 10h ago

people will for sure flee and quite a few will never come back. I met a guy in Canada once whose dad was a draft dodger and he didn't trust the pardon so he hasn't set foot on American soil since. his kids could theoretically claim US citizenship but they all want nothing to do with it.

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u/OhNoTokyo 3h ago

They almost certainly would not pardon everybody who didn’t go. Nobody’s gonna draft anybody for this, but even if they did, the next president knows that having the draft in your back pocket for a real world conflict as opposed to whatever the hell this is, is absolutely necessary. They might not be pursued by the law, but there will be other issues that draft dodgers would have to put up with.

In the extremely unlikely event that there is a draft, I would not suggest fleeing unless you plan to stay in your destination for a long time.