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yeah I reckon we're about to see, after the deportations of immigrants and the sudden labor shortage caused by it, a lot of other Americans who are also considered "undesirables" being voluntold to get busy pickin' or get busy dying. We already force our prisoners to do slave labor, and you know what a hate-boner Republicans have for prisoners -- how do you think that stacks up against their hate boner for trans people? gay people? Or, why, just anyone who doesn't "vote correctly"?
I've already seen some of the Fox crowd calling for periods of national service, arguing that a year of "real work" would be good for today's lazy, screen-addicted youth. I can't see them getting an actual draft reinstated, but I can definitely see them making federal student loans contingent on "National Service." That would have the added benefit of making old people and rich people functionally exempt.
Why can’t you see them getting the draft reinstated?
Rich donors would want their kids exempted.
That was the case before, see “Fortunate son” the song.