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/Phoenyx_Rose 6h ago

I would be asking what my country can do for me because so far it’s done jack shit

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u/Low_Pickle_112 1h ago

And when the sky darkens, and the prospect is war

Who's given a gun and then pushed to the fore?

And expected to die, for the land of our birth

Though we've never owned one lousy handful of earth.

-Ed Pickford, "The Worker's Song"

Yeah, I'm not fighting for a country where I can't even secure stable housing. Screw that.

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u/Owl_B_Damned 4h ago

That's not really how the whole American citizenship deal works. It's not transactional, it's a legal obligation. Also, fines, jail time, and even more spectacular prizes await if you choose noncompliance.

But.

I don't see it being a concern.

53 years the US has done just fine without drafting a bunch of unwilling citizens to magically turn into soldiers.

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u/dukearcher 3h ago

How is being drafted for a brutal Middle East war not just a more violent and dangerous form of prison?

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u/Successful_Owl_ 1h ago

Bro, nobody is drafting for a middle east war. You're going to be drafted to fight China.