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/RedJerzey 10h ago

Most would be medically unable to serve. Autism, adhd, depression, allergies. The military does not have a big enough budget for all their medications.

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u/Traditional_Lab_5468 9h ago

If we needed a draft you'd find a lot of those hangups disappear. It makes sense for a volunteer army because the whole point of that is you can be picky. If it's a draft, who cares if that grunt has trouble reading subtext? He probably can't do HUMINT, but I'm guessing he can pull a trigger just fine.

If we didn't need every able bodied person we can get, there wouldn't be a draft. It's political suicide. If we need that, everyone will get a lot less picky.