Why should I follow the draft

[Night Crawler]

Just don't sign up for selective service. I didn't but not willfully. No one ever said I had to. They supposedly send you a letter on your 17th birthday, but I never got one. My Boomer parents probably threw it out. No one in high school ever said shit about it either.

You have to register for the draft in the US. That's what selective service is for. If you don't register, they don't know who you are. Like I said you usually get a letter around the time you turn 17. You register with the selective service/draft. If not, you have to do it by sometime in your mid to late 20's.

If you ever received federal student aid you signed up for selective service. The financial aid office in most colleges ask for your selective service card if I remember correctly. If you have ever gotten any kind of services or training for employment in your state, then you most likely signed up for selective service. Federal and possibly state jobs require your selective service card. If you live in the state of Virginia and you have a driver's license, then you signed up for selective service. To obtain a driver's license in Virginia being registered with the selective service is one of the requirements.

There really isn't any country other than the US that can manage to fight in a WW3 style scenario. Both the Russians and Chinese can't even if they did it together. The only country that can is the US and that's about it. Most of the countries that would be involved in that kind of scenario are all armed with nuclear weapons. It wouldn't last long before the nukes start flying. Most likely Russia and or China would be overpowered by the US and probably several allied nations. Then nuclear weapons would be used depending on how far the US was willing to push things. Like if the US decided to go all the way to Moscow or Beijing. I don't see that ever happening. Any kind of scenario with Russia or China would be purely defensive. Meaning it would be all about repelling and pushing them back into Russia or China. Not actually invading them. If there is no threat to their homeland there isn't a reason to nuke anyone.

 

[The Mass Shooter Ron Soye]

Thought i'd bump this, I wanted to make a thread about the draft. In light of how things are in 2024, what do you think about the draft now? I believe the reactivation is inevitable if they can't bolster their numbers. If they can't get people to voluntarily go into the meat grinder, they'll do it by force. I know some people think it'll never happen or that they "can't" but I think that's silly. It'll backfire in so many ways, but that has never stopped these fools before. They are arrogant enough to believe even if there's protests they can handle it

It would be extremely unpopular to activate the draft in almost any scenario, especially if it's to counter low numbers during these unserious times. They're going to do what they're already doing, closing out unnecessary positions, and use technology to fill the gaps. Meaning drone strikes everywhere since we don't have the battery/energy technology needed to live in a mecha anime just yet. Recruitment could be benefited by employment trends, so if AI puts a lot of people out of work, the armed services can welcome them with open arms and big promises.

If we have a "real war" to fight that also isn't over in 2 hours, they will have no qualms about activating it and people will deal with it. But there isn't an existential threat to the US that doesn't involve nuclear weapons and M.A.D. Maybe we can declare war on the ayy lmaos.

 

[kim foxx]

historically, the US was pretty lenient on draft dodging as well. even during WWII an estimated 300,000 men dodged the draft and the state was only able to prosecute 6000 or so as an "example" to the rest.

 

[wtfNeedSignUp]

"I would dodge the draft" is the same kind of statement as "I would beat the shit of a terrorist if he attacked me". A worthless statement as long as you don't need to actually follow up on it

 

[Agamemnon Busmalis]

historically, the US was pretty lenient on draft dodging as well. even during WWII an estimated 300,000 men dodged the draft and the state was only able to prosecute 6000 or so as an "example" to the rest.

At the time though, there were so many willing enlistees the draft was implemented to manage and conserve manpower on the home front especially in reserved occupations. Really the exact opposite of what happened in Vietnam.

If anything the military was probably more than happy to be rid of the troublesome, dishonorable and/or traitorous types that dodged the draft during WWII. There were plenty of eager volunteers to avoid tracking down those dregs.