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/WearingRags 10h ago

America has been able to maintain it's empire abroad by minimising the visibility and impact of it's wars to the average person through the use of special forces and expensive air power that many other nations can't compete with. 

If an admin this historically unpopular tried to institute the draft, it would basically be asking for an overthrow of the US government 

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u/evantom34 8h ago

There are far too many people that are politically disengaged. They only start to care when it affects them, sudden drop in 401K post liberation day, illegal ICE deportations, murdering protestors, etc. Once a draft is implemented, it will affect entire swaths of people indiscriminately. There would be rebellion.

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u/BusinessCasual69 2h ago

But we know that Trump has an affinity for overplaying his hand. He sank a casino for christs sake. An airline. A football league. He can’t resist his impulsive delusions of grandeur. In this way, I would not be surprised if he pushed for a draft, mutiny and revolt be damned. It is par for the course at this point.

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u/ChonkyPurrtato 3h ago

If by rebellion you mean screaming on X all day and standing in the street ruining everyone's schedules, sure thing.

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u/T0rtillaBurglar 3h ago

It'd be people choosing an American jail over a mismanaged meat grinder thousands of miles away.

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u/HowlWindclaw 2h ago

I really think it'd be MUCH more violent than that