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this post was submitted on 15 May 2025
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I don't think you understand how "the draft" worked. You make it sound like folks had a choice.
Not everyone was rich enough to buy themselves a pass. So it was either go to jail, or skip the country...which was also a luxury not everyone could afford.
Shaming soldiers for being conscripted into a war none of them wanted to be in, is also not the own you think it is. Having the privilege of buying a pass, when most people don't have that option, is nothing to celebrate.
Maybe I'm built different but I would simply go to jail rather than participate in a genocide.
If you think that potential consequences (a stint in jail) is worse than actively murdering people than you are simply selfish.
Also, of the over half a million draft offenders, only 3000 were ever sent to jail for it.