Tuesday, February 26, 2019

The Draft

The draft (i.e. Selective Service) has been ruled unconstitutional in that it only applies to men.  Either both sexes need to be subject or the draft needs to be abolished.  I prefer option 2.  By its very nature, a draft is essentially slavery.  Either risk your life for meager wages or go to jail.  But some might say that a draft is necessary to save the country in times of war.  Any country that can't muster enough volunteers to risk life and limb to save it deserves to fall.  The draft hasn't been used since Vietnam and the US has managed to engage in plenty of wars with volunteers.  Here is the perfect opportunity to abolish it.  Rather than conscripting women too, end conscription altogether.

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