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Re:Ask HN: Would you participate if there were a draft in yo... by classicsnoot on Monday July 21, 2014 @11:08AM (#8064038)
oh, also, given the expanded capability of remote control warfare and logistics, a government could conceivably push the edge of eligibility to at least 50, maybe higher.

I would also make the argument that all humans are cousins, meaning we are all one family, meaning a draft in any or all countries is a big deal, but i bet i would be called crazy.

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Re:Ask HN: Would you participate if there were a draft in yo... by bmelton on Monday July 21, 2014 @11:18AM (#8064073)
You make a salient point with the invention of the remote drone, but if I'm betting on it, I'd wager the bigger worry is them taking the draft age DOWN to tap into that primo gamer demographic.
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Re:Ask HN: Would you participate if there were a draft in yo... by classicsnoot on Monday July 21, 2014 @11:38AM (#8064187)
Holy shit, hide the children, the government is after their thumbs.

So would you do your 2 years Social Service or hide/ignore or leave?

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Re:Ask HN: Would you participate if there were a draft in yo... by bmelton on Monday July 21, 2014 @11:54AM (#8064251)
It would depend on a rather lot. I hate to be "THAT GUY", where the answer to a hypothetical is always more and more questions, but if it were right now, I'd have a hard time supporting American imperialism more than I already do with my taxes, especially as it currently seems hell bent on restricting, removing and or curtailing my individual rights.

Our foreign policy has been, to put it gently, sloppy of late, and I have a hard time imagining that the kind of response you're describing as necessary isn't going to be seen historically as a "gross overreaction".

So, the best I can answer at this point is "unlikely".

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