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Re:Military mulls recruiting plan to enlist college athletes by JumpCrisscross on Friday April 29, 2022 @06:09PM (#31211156)
> the worker shortage persists, and all indications are it will, this is a probable outcome

Conscription would be political suicide. The better bet is on more automation to better leverage a thinner spread of recruits.

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Re:Military mulls recruiting plan to enlist college athletes by version_five on Friday April 29, 2022 @06:25PM (#31211299)
This is one of those "Peak NH" comments, no offense meant. Conscription may be politically unpopular, but pretending that automation will be a solution to declining army enlistment anytime soon is pretty out of touch with reality
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Re:Military mulls recruiting plan to enlist college athletes by JumpCrisscross on Friday April 29, 2022 @06:38PM (#31211413)
> Conscription may be politically unpopular, but pretending that automation will be a solution to declining army enlistment anytime soon is pretty out of touch with reality

Sorry, not saying automation is the solution. If China bombs Guam, yes, we'll need conscription.

But conscription is far from "probable." I'm simply arguing that Congress pumping godawful quantities of money into automation is more likely than POTUS enacting a draft.

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