Why so much support for the draft?

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60 % of the germans are pro-conscription. The same applies for Denmark, Sweden, US, UK, everywhere in the entire world.

I believe the draft is evil. It is evil to force someone to do work under threat of imprisonment if they don't. And I don't care s**t about wether it is military or alternative civilian service. The mere idea of forced labor is evil.

Being told what NOT to do is fine. Thats how we prevent crime, but when it becomes a crime to be passive, and being told what TO DO (and if you refuse, you'd face imprisonment) is an entirely different thing. One might argue taxation works this way, but I see vast differences between taxation and conscription.

At worst, taxation is only about giving a portion of your money to the government, which cares not how you got them, and if you've earned no money, usually you don't pay taxes either. Conscription requires you to physically be at a physical location at a given time and given orders to follow and if you don't follow the exact physical orders and tasks, you face punishment. That's the difference!

What's your opinion?

My opinion is that any able-bodied person of sound mind who refuses to serve his or her country is either a slacker or a traitor ... maybe both.

It is very common for stronger societies to make slaves out of the societies that can't defend themselves. A draft is a way of preventing that.

A draft is evil.

F “patriotism.” Especially in a country where I’m deemed less than a natural born citizen, despite living here the same amount of time, and still have to fight to be free.

F being able bodied and of sound mind. Going to war I may lose both and if it’s a war I don’t believe in and in a country where I still have to fight to be free - why the f would I ever f-ing do that?

It’s all about whether or not one believes in what they are fighting for. I would have enlisted immediately in World War 2.

But Vietnam and this current war? F that, no f-ing way.

I'd be willing to fight to defend my country. I am not willing to go fight useless wars spreading American imperialism across the world.

So I am against the draft but it has nothing to do about me being a slacker or traitor. If Amercia's foreign policy was different, i might not be as opposed to the draft.

I'm only okay with the draft if women can be drafted as well.

I don't believe in the draft.

In my time in the military, the last thing I would've wanted was to have to serve next to people who were forced to be there.

I can't help but wonder why so many aspies are so eager to support the draft. Aspies/people on the autistic spectrum definetely would not benefit from the military!

WrongPlanet would've been the last place I would expect so much support for the draft...
But I was wrong.

/\ Not a problem in the US. We’ve been colonizing plenty as an empire force without a draft.

With that said, we also basically do have a draft it just isn’t called one - it’s giving poor people no other choice.

To actually answer the title - I think support for the draft is probably much higher amongst people who are too old to serve, who have romanticised views of the military and negative views of young people.