• Nopeace [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    23 days ago

    So if you never signed up for the selective service you won’t be drafted? Cause they make it sound like they’re drafting from the selective service not the male population at large.

    Also yeah I’ll take 5 years in jail over murdering civilians every day of the week.

    • ClimateStalin [they/them, he/him]@hexbear.net
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      23 days ago

      Yeah, the selective service is the draft mechanism. Thats the list they draft people from.

      This is just making it so that instead of just being required to register, you’re registered automatically. Honestly it means basically nothing, it’s a mechanical change that just means people don’t have to sign a piece of paper.

      Also yeah it’s crazy to me that there’s ever been a single person that doesn’t choose prison time over being drafted. 5 years in prison is way better than dying in the mud after committing crimes against humanity.

      • Nopeace [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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        22 days ago

        Yeah like, prison is literally not only safer for myself but any person I would’ve encountered in Iran or Lebanon. I dunno, our perspective is definitely biased but even so the math is just better with the prison option.