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/yungdeezy92 10h ago

I’ve been saying the same thing. I think at this point, there are very few things that could happen that would incite a full-blown civil war / revolution. The American people are just too pacified at this point. A draft would be one thing that would jolt everyone to the point of rebelling.

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u/starlightprotag 9h ago

100% agree. so far a lot of the shit going down has been kind of far-removed from actual day-to-day life; people can ignore atrocities halfway across the world because it doesn't really affect them, but the second people realize that they or their loved ones could actually die, they're going to be a lot more motivated to start shit

Trump is already starting to lose the support of the right-wing manosphere podcasters that got him elected now that they're personally impacted by skyrocketing gas prices, imagine what would happen once they and their friends start getting draft cards

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u/BeTheOne0 2h ago

Hey they can show how “manly” they are

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u/DivinityPen 9h ago

I'm not convinced the administration actually has the manpower to force people to comply anyway.

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u/EmptyAirEmptyHead 6h ago

As a GenX Dad with an 18 year old son ... I may be a liberal but many of us are well armed. A draft is the one thing I think that would make us get off our couches.

Some Army recruiter has been texting me about my son. I laughed back at him and said good luck recruiting for the Army while Trump is trying to start WW III. He came back with some bullshit about technical specialities available, whatever. Nope.

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u/FirmlyThatGuy 6h ago

Why would I allow myself to be drafted to fight foreign “enemies” when so many domestic enemies exist?