Just to clarify, all men at the age of 18 are currently required to register by law. This just automates the process.
Whenever I look up a topic and the only “news” outlets covering a topic are right wing rags it’s odd. Maybe waving the big, scary government overreach is coming for you is supposed to scare voters to trump, dunno?
But… but it was the house that passed it… the house is currently run by republicans…
I think the bigger story is that the Senate is proposing an amendment that includes women in the draft
So somehow our representatives are fine with auto-enrollment of citizens for the draft, but a number of them oppose auto-enrollment for voting?
Obviously. To minimize the effect of what little say citizens have, you make it as difficult as possible to vote.
Given that the existence of the US as it is (i.e. 5 companies in a trench coat) is completely dependent upon continued neo colonialism, I’m surprised it took this long to auto-enroll citizens for the draft
Ignoring the current contents because it’s basically just making a thing that already exists more efficient, don’t forget that in the eventuality where you actually are drafted, you retain these options:
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Conscientious objector. Some rationalizations can exempt you from the draft. Others will just have you thrown in prison, which is a much better thing to do than killing brown people living in some target of the US Empire.
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Sabotage. Sure, do boot camp and eat the free food. Then pop tires, break engines “accidentally”, etc. Historically, some people have even taken liberties with what to do about their commanding officer, often the one telling them to kill a whole village. But of course, I can’t tell anyone to do that.
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Leave the country.
For all you non-Americans wondering about this, some US states have setup the registration for selective services (draft) differently, and you don’t have to do anything extra like the article implies.
The state of Virginia for example requires:
" Every male applicant for a learner’s permit, driver’s license, commercial driver’s license, special identification card, or renewal of any such permit, license, or card who is less than twenty-six years old and is either a citizen of the United States or an immigrant shall, at the time of his application, be registered in compliance with the requirement of section 3 of the Military Selective Service Act"
The DMV just submits the info you filled in for the license/ learner’s permit to selective services on your behalf
