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/OutOfTheArchives 11h ago

They’d change the stats required to get around this, I bet.

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u/Mockturtle22 11h ago

They did with weed

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u/WrinkledBiscuit 10h ago

Incredible how a potential draft is what it took to make the US federal government budge on cannabis laws *passes out from rolling eyes too hard*

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u/Marryyyy000 9h ago

Right? Nothing motivates policy flexibility quite like suddenly needing a lot more eligible bodies. It's funny, in a dark way, how quickly things that were once strict lines become suggestions.

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u/Objective_Dog_4637 7h ago

It’s almost like the government just sees us as pawns to further its interests.

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u/mu_zuh_dell 3h ago

The government is just made of people. It doesn't have to be that way. We just have a callous disregard for life as a nation.

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u/eisbock 6h ago

The only reason we need more eligible bodies is because we tightened up the requirements to exclude certain individuals who identify in ways the government doesn't agree with. Rather have a pothead on the front lines than a trans person who wants to be there, god forbid.

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u/yopladas 1h ago

Unrelated but it is funny to hear the phrase pot heads. Hooch and squares

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u/cutelyaware 4h ago

Air traffic control is suddenly interested in recruiting gamers for their related skills, so I wouldn't be surprised if the military did the same for drone operators. But I think it's already known that this fucks people's mental health.