this post was submitted on 09 Apr 2026
7 points (100.0% liked)

news

838 readers
1061 users here now

A lightweight news hub to help decentralize the fediverse load: mirror and discuss headlines here so the giant instance communities aren’t a single choke-point.

Rules:

  1. Recent news articles only (past 30 days)
  2. Title must match the headline or neutrally describe the content
  3. Avoid duplicates & spam (search before posting; batch minor updates).
  4. Be civil; no hate or personal attacks.
  5. No link shorteners
  6. No entire article in the post body

founded 7 months ago
MODERATORS
dude@lemmings.world
7
Automatic Registration for U.S. Military Draft Coming Soon (newrepublic.com)
submitted 16 hours ago by dude@lemmings.world to c/news@lemmings.world
2 comments fedilink hide all child comments
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] Jaegeras@piefed.social 3 points 15 hours ago

The last time the U.S. had a draft was in 1973, for the Vietnam War, which caused institutional and ideological damage that this country is still dealing with today. A draft in this era would be even more catastrophic.

Not if you're a Republican politician whose idea of war is just throwing the lesser-than of the populace into America's idea of a meat grinder, based on class. Because that's who the target audience of this draft will be for all and any war America goes on about. The age limit being pushed to 42, just broadens the scope.