Eligible men will automatically be registered into the military draft pool by December as part of an effort to streamline the previous process of self-registration and save money.

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    3 days ago

    I appreciate that you took the time to share your thoughts. I also appreciate how you approached your position from all sides, thinking of all positions.

    True, assigning blame because of someone’s… age, gender, politics, etc… isn’t helpful. But still, in the context of my specific discourse here, I do wonder the age of the person to whom I was talking. If they are young, I would understand the “always a tyrannical leader on the horizon” position, and as someone who grew up in the 80s and 90s, why that position is the opposite how I saw things when I signed the selective service card.

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      Yeah. The generation thing is just my theory for why it’s becoming more common. I think the AI brain rot and doomerism is happening heavily in all generations. No one is immune to the feelings of (and the material problems of) our society in decline.

      It’s just so odd to me that someone can start with a “this just removes unneeded paperwork” to essentially “all leaders are evil and if this makes it so I have to do one less bull shit thing (paperwork) I’m all for it. Don’t make me think about anything beyond that!”

      It’s such surface level thinking and entirely centered around individualism.

      In the case of this user. I’d guess they are just a millennial that has had their brain rotted by doomerism and too much AI use.