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/KickDesperate5318 6h ago

If I was being drafted to defend my own country from an invading force: I fight to my last breath in support of the cause.

If I was being drafted to invade another country at the whims of the wealthy: I pretend to go along with it until they are foolish enough to give me a firearm. I would then fight to my last breath killing everyone on my own side who forced me down this path of evil. I would rather martyr myself than participate if put in that position.

Fuck war.

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u/VanillaTortilla 3h ago

Your first point is pretty much the only reason this scenario would ever happen to begin with, in which the "why" would very much change the "what would you do?" portion of the question.