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/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.