tikifire

joined 3 weeks ago
[–] tikifire@lemm.ee 6 points 3 weeks ago

If it crashes badly enough their money will be worthless.

[–] tikifire@lemm.ee 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

My point was at least half or more of the US population has little-to-no-memory of what that was like.

My dad was drafted during the Vietnam era but I'm in my 50's and have no actual memory of that time.

I know it happened but I was really young when they stopped the draft and we've had several generations born since then who also have no memory of it.

It would be politically dangerous for a government to restart a draft absent an actual world war-type situation or a dictatorship.

[–] tikifire@lemm.ee 8 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Not since the 70's

[–] tikifire@lemm.ee 0 points 3 weeks ago

It's 5 years and statutory evidently. This isn't as bad as you're making it out to be.