• MisterD@lemmy.ca
    11·
    8 hours ago

    FYI in ww2 Nazis considered people in wheelchairs due to disease as a genetic defect and would “remove you from society”.

  • MadMadBunny@lemmy.ca
    511·
    1 day ago

    Careful with that stunt… soon enough they’ll snatch you up and “deport” you for an entirely other wrong reason…

  • Talaraine@fedia.io
    25·
    1 day ago

    If it’s a fascist knocking on your door, they’ll likely arrange your early demise to ensure you’re not a drain on society.

  • JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world
    12·
    1 day ago

    No need. Just claim your bone spurs are flaring up again. Pretty soon you’ll be president. Downside is everyone will hate you.

  • webghost0101@sopuli.xyz
    12·
    1 day ago

    Reality check: In some countries you can be a conscious objector to war… at which point they still try to get you into a “civilian” war supporting job.

  • Kairos@lemmy.today
    2·
    1 day ago

    Hey what’s this communities opinion on the draft in the U.S? Being literal involuntary servitude.

    • Yeather@lemmy.ca
      1·
      1 hour ago

      General consensus is either 1: I will lie, trick, protest, or be thrown in jail before being drafted.

      Or 2: If I see a fed at my door they better be wearing RF3 plates.

      • theneverfox@pawb.socialEnglish
        4·
        13 hours ago

        We have the mechanisms still in place for it. All men (18-30?35?) are forced to sign up under the selective service act. They usually do it when you get an ID, you just sign an extra piece of paper when you get your license or ID card as a teen… And then hopefully nothing happens with it

        But make no mistake, it is in place, and there are people constantly advocating we use it

        • LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net
          2·
          12 hours ago

          I’m aware and yeah it should be abolished but I still wouldn’t say we have the draft currently. It could be brought back though.

          Thankfully the sentiment in the US recently has been fairly anti-war so I am not sure they could get away with it barring some kind of extreme events.

          • theneverfox@pawb.socialEnglish
            1·
            10 hours ago

            We don’t have an active draft in that they’re not drafting people, but I think having the ability to call a draft is generally what people mean by draft

            And I certainly hope you’re right… They’re trying to drum up support for war with Iran, and if that goes ok for them we’re not going to have less war

              • theneverfox@pawb.socialEnglish
                2·
                8 hours ago

                They can’t have nukes, they’re close to having nukes, general nuke hysteria, “we couldn’t make a deal”, going over the history of Iran and Israel (obviously not mentioning how Israel blew up their negotiator just now or Iran’s attempts to deescalate and normalize global relations for years now), reminding everyone Iran sponsors terrorist groups, etc etc

                I mean there’s congress members calling for us to launch an attack on them explicitly, some wanted us to launch the first strike on the enrichment facilities while we were still trying to make a deal

                We’re in the “feel out the room” stage, they’ve had a carrier group in the area since like January. The next stage is announcing they’ve already attacked

                • LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net
                  1·
                  8 hours ago

                  I agree they’re putting out feelers but I don’t think they’ll get traction. I didn’t find anyone calling for direct US intervention, mainly just indirect support for Israel. Who was saying that?

                  I also found some leaders explicitly saying the US should not get involved. I guess it feels a lot different from the post-9/11 years when it felt like only political radicals were opposed to war, and basically every mainstream voice was cheering it on. So that’s why I’m a bit more optimistic.