So this non-serving ass clown wants OTHER people to sign up for a draft to protect his “unparalleled freedoms and opportunities” while he sits back and enjoys them. Says our freedoms are the envy of the world. My brother, have you ever even left the country? Because nothing says “unparalleled freedom” like going bankrupt from a hospital visit, watching your kids do active shooter drills, and needing a draft to staff a military that already has the biggest budget on the planet. But sure, the whole world is just green with envy. Absolutely seething. They’re over there with their universal healthcare and paid parental leave just WISHING they could be us.
fuck Schneider in general, but about the draft i agree. the US is so nonchalant about starting a new way every Thursday is because there is no draft.
they live so far removed from consequences that they can afford to be ignorant while their elected representatives deal immeasurable pain to innocent people and children around the world every day for decades. half the population doesn’t even know what the fuck is going on. if there were a draft they would be paying attention.
As long as the people who voted for whatever winning party get priority. Then the non-voters.
Aren’t votes supposed to be secret? Like, you won’t know who voted for what party?
Let the Election Commissions handle the draft selection process. Voters will be given a receipt of their ballot they can use to dispute a draft notice if they think they don’t deserve to be called to serve in a war they voted against. All people are automatically registered to vote, so non-voters can’t fly under the radar.
The benefit of tying draft selection to voting history greatly outweighs whatever theoretical privacy anyone has anymore. Young people who voted against wars shouldn’t be getting dragged into conflicts the elderly and privileged are pushing for.
The actual votes are secret, but the fact that you voted is not. Party affiliation is not secret either; it is public record whether you participated in a party’s primary election.
Not American so I don’t quite get how it works. Do you need to be affiliated with a party to vote? What does “…participated in a party’s primary election…” mean?
From the “Vowel Party”, Adam, Ellen, Igor, Oscar, and Ursula all want to be the congressperson for my district. I am a member of the Vowel Party. In May, I will vote in the Vowel Party Primary, to determine which of these five candidates will run as the Vowel Party Candidate in the General election. The other candidates will drop out of the general race when they lose the primary.
From the “Consonant Party”, Bob, Charlie, David, Frank, and George all want the job. The “Consonant Party” will be running its primary in May, at the same time as the Vowel Party. They will determine which of these five candidates will run as the Consonant Party Candidate in the General election. I am not a member of the Consonant Party, so I do not get to vote in their primary.
(It is not expressly required that a general election candidate be a member of a party. Victor, Weller, and Xerxes can all run in the general election, independent of any party. However, it is rare for an independent to prevail in the general election.)
Next, at the November general election, I get to choose between the Vowel Party Candidate, the Consonant Party Candidate, or one of the Independent Candidates. I do not have to vote for a member of my party. I do not have to be a party member to vote in the general election; I can vote as an independent.
The fact that I voted in the primary is public record. The fact that I selected a Vowel Party ballot (Indicating membership in the Vowel Party) in the primary is public record. The specific vote I cast in that primary is secret.
The fact that I voted in the general election is public record. The specific ballot I cast in the general is secret.
The ELI5 I needed. Thanks a bunch.
First off, this isn’t even a war. It didn’t go through Congress. There have only been 5 wars that were actually carried out by the US.
All the rest have been police actions or Presidential Authorized Use of Military Force. You can’t draft for those.
Korean War (1950–1953) – “Police Action”
Vietnam War (1955–1975) – AUMF‑style Resolution
Gulf War (1991) – AUMF
Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia, Syria, and more. – AUMF
Iraq – AUMF
Anti-Isis operations – AUMF
But, for the sake of argument, let’s say you’re rightm and what we need are draft consequences. With the current way the government is heading, What’s going to keep the administration from using that as a punishment for dissenters?
Protest? Drafted.
Vote Left, your kids get drafted.
Your business doesn’t bend the knee and turn over 100k to the presidential slush fund? drafted.
Let’s not give them another tool to use against us.