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Re:Why Britain Doesn’t Build by aetherson on Tuesday June 27, 2023 @12:28AM (#36488916)
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.
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Re:Why Britain Doesn’t Build by joebob42 on Tuesday June 27, 2023 @02:58AM (#36489729)
That's 50 years ago. It's literally not even one lifetime ago.
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Re:Why Britain Doesn’t Build by candiodari on Tuesday June 27, 2023 @03:43AM (#36490017)
Given that you'd have to be 18 to be drafted (maybe 16), the minimum age of those people would be 68.
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