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[–] glimse@lemmy.world 31 points 8 months ago (5 children)

Can't wait to hear ill-informed critics explain how evil Zelenskyy is for sending children to war

[–] Woozythebear@lemmy.world 13 points 8 months ago (1 children)

He's evil for sending people to war who don't want to go.

[–] EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world 11 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Meanwhile isn’t the US drafting at 18+ also?

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 19 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Yes, it's 18 here.

I was a bit worried when I saw the headline for that reason. I forgot the US is an outlier with being perfectly OK with sending kids to war before they can legally drink alcohol

[–] pingveno@lemmy.ml 11 points 8 months ago

It used to be that the draft age was lower than the voting age in many states. There was a constitutional amendment during the US-Vietnam War to drop the voting age to 18 because if you're old enough to be forced to fight in a war, you're old enough to have a say in the war.

[–] EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world 10 points 8 months ago

Used to be if you could go to war you could drink on base, but they took that away years ago.

[–] 5in1k@lemm.ee 17 points 8 months ago (1 children)

They can but haven’t since the Vietnam war.

[–] EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world -2 points 8 months ago

Ah so our active age is what, like 20, 21?