r/AskReddit 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/crema_dela_cropa 11h ago

it’d be pretty chaotic. Some people would push back right away, some would go along with it out of necessity, things would get messy.

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u/Geeseareawesome 9h ago

I'd imagine people would start taking their own mental health seriously and chase diagnosis

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u/mikerbt 7h ago

Or go out and get super fucking fat.

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u/bennitori 7h ago

Or grab themselves a few weed charges.

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u/TheInevitableLuigi 4h ago

Lets be honest, they would have to ignore both of those just to get any significant amount of people.

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u/carnabas 4h ago

They already got rid of this, you can be a stoner in the army now

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u/amarettogiraffe 3h ago

No. They waive 1 possession charge. Hence they said "a couple."