Non's gonna dis on the vets a little-bit....

[Spider]

Draft only works when people are conditioned to be accepting of it. Or at least minimally tolerant.

People are absolutely neither nowadays.

[Dylan]

A draft today would have to apply to women and young people in college too. Wars would be few and far between in such circumstances.

[Spider]

[Dylan]

Yeah, it would IMO. You're required to register for selective service regardless of whether you're going to college, and I don't think there would be any appetite for exemptions for those in college. And as of now nobody pays attention to it, which is why they can escape with only requiring men to register. If it became real I think women would become subject to the draft.

[John Galt]

"the argument for registering women was based on considerations of equity, but Congress was entitled, in the exercise of its constitutional powers, to focus on the question of military need, rather than 'equity.'" so sayeth the scotus.

[Dylan]

[John Galt]

so like, 30K positions that were previously closed to woemn are now open. it's still got red tape all over it, or what we might call "military policy". also the scotus has not said otherwise

[Dylan]

If Congress enacted the draft I'm pretty confident they would include women. SCOTUS wouldn't say anything.

[John Galt]

it's all a rather meaningless conversation. conscription will only happen in the event of a catastrophic war taking place. in the event a catastrophic war taking place, we're already in war so the fact there is conscription doesn't prevent wars from taking place (your position). neither does women being drafted--of which most would not see combat by the way. they'd not meet whatever X physical requirements, which, while sex-neutral on paper would lead to far far more men than women getting combat roles. yeah some women will be fighter pilots. but fighter pilots aren't drafted, grunts are

[Dylan]