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• UnrealisticVariable@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  They may be referring to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selective_Service_System

  “All male U.S. citizens and immigrant non-citizens who are between the ages of 18 and 25 are required by law to have registered within 30 days of their 18th birthdays [to The Selective Service] […] The Selective Service System is a contingency mechanism in the event conscription becomes necessary.”

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  • kungen@feddit.nu ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yeah, I get that. But there hasn’t been any draft yet, so everyone on that boat has voluntarily joined the military.

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    • raze2012@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      We’re using “volunteer” very strongly in a society where we need to work to live.

      Put it this way: military recruitment is almost always inversely proportional to the economic wellbeing. I. E. When the economy sucks and people can’t find jobs, that’s when you often get the highest amount of recruits.

      That’s not even going into systematic issues that can lead to that; my mom was in ROTC to pay off her college and my uncles went in when my grandpa kicked them out of the house, almost as soon as they graduated high school.

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      But yes, back on point: yes, at any point you can be told you are going to be drafted. Just becsuse it’s not this specific boat doesn’t mean it won’t ever happen.

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      • Tomorrow_Farewell@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Put it this way: military recruitment is almost always inversely proportional to the economic wellbeing.

        At least In the US, that is very much not true. The poor are actually underrepresented in the USian military. It is the well-of quantiles in the middle that are overrepresented.

        Also, no, you are not forced to join the USian military.

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