The Draft: A War-Killer (xpost from Veterans)

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3. So sad for our young

I have always been a big supporter of the draft as a way to stop needless wars, anddistribute the burden of patriotism more fairly at least when there is a lottery system.
While I still favor a draft, I am less sure of its effectiveness in preventing wars. During the 60s the public started revolting but the system has been changed and how much the revolt matters now is questionable and whether the MSM would even let the revolt be visible is unclear.
Today we have a House of Representatives the majority of which who clearly do not care what the people want and face no penalty for it. The republicans demonstrated in 2010 and again in 2012 with tools such as controls of the primary, public apathy for primaries, and gerrymandering they did not need the majority of voters and could simply cater to the rich. It is sad to say but this is much worse than the system that existed during the Vietnam War where everyone was affected and saw them selves as connected in the war. Today so many like the rich would just turn a blind eye unless it was their son's or daughters but it will not be. They have too much power and the only way to make things fair is by fair voting, and consequences for bad decisions. Lets stop Gerrymandering now! Our children need us.