The last time the United States had a draft was 1973. The last time the UK had a draft was 1960. Who is the 18 year old who is drafted into the army and sent to fight a war and getting sent to a faraway land to die? I mean. Russians, for at least some value of faraway. But I don't think they're the central example that you're thinking of.
That's 50 years ago. It's literally not even one lifetime ago.
Re:Why Britain Doesn’t Build
by candiodari on Tuesday June 27, 2023 @03:43AM
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Given that you'd have to be 18 to be drafted (maybe 16), the minimum age of those people would be 68.
Here is an example -
16 year olds who have a keen interest in their futute, are not allowed to vote.
A 90 year old, who does not even remember that USSR has already collapsed, votes for a war-Mongering government.
18 year olds are drafted into the army and sent to fight a war, and they never had a chance to vote at all. Maybe their entire experience of democracy is getting sent to faraway land to die.
Their experience is indistinguishable from tyrany