• Kalkaline @leminal.space
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    14 days ago

    The ONLY way I’d accept this is if it applied across the board to the rich and political elites. It won’t, so I’m definitely not going to vote for Trump.

    • The Pantser@lemmy.world
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      14 days ago

      Also women, I am glad the removed the selective service requirement for males to apply for FAFSA but equal rights means equal requirements for those rights.

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        14 days ago

        I’d be !00% on board with including women in the draft. Fair is fair.

        Personally - like I told the recruiter from Annapolis 30 years ago, “trust me when I say that you don’t want me anywhere near your military.” If I were drafted I think I could fail out of basic on my own lack of merit.

        If there were other service options, I could happily do other work. For example: Math, science, or language tutoring for teens. I could have helped out a kid who actually wanted to get into Annapolis but didn’t have strong enough academics.