US plans to automatically register young men for military draft

jjgreen

I'd love to but have these bone-spurs, ouch.

kotaKat

Weird we have this technology but not the technology for automatic voter registration, or automatic tax filing...

derelicta

Everything for Israel!

mokash

in the future no sign-up will be required for misguided adventurism in the middle east and beyond!

hebelehubele

You can't vote, but you can die for Israel.

k310

What if my name is Claude? Am I exempt?

voidUpdate

Will trans men and women be automatically registered too? Since the US military has previously kicked out all trans people

wg0

War hysteria is on peak. [0] [0] - https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/germany-w...

RaSoJo

>The new rule, proposed by a government agency, would see men being registered automatically rather than being asked to do so themselves within 30 days of their 18th birthday. Honest question: Why is there no such auto registration for women?

hunglee2

United States is immune from conventional military attack, the only purpose of mass conscription is to create an expeditionary for invading other countries. You have to wonder whether this may be for Canada / Greenland at some point

TheOtherHobbes

It's going to be much more useful to register all drones, robots, and AI systems once they reach 18 years of age.

dauertewigkeit

Why? This seems so anachronistic. In the age of drones and AI, manpower is not going to be your limiting factor.

elAhmo

Nations should be led by example, someone who is a draft dodger shouldn't be allowed to become a president. Yet, here we are.

giantg2

This isn't as big of a deal as people are hyping it up to be. This (and things like including women) has been talked about for a while now. Men have been required to register for selective service during all recent times. This just saves you the trouble of going to the post office to fill out the form (or maybe it's online finally).

schnitzelstoat

It's just a change to the already mandatory registration. It doesn't mean they are going to call up the draft.

austin-cheney

I never registered for the selective service and never faced any consequences. Maybe this is a more efficient means of closing these gaps while simultaneously saving the government tons of money.

chistev

Is this democratic?

srean

If enough people at position of influence fear that a war is coming, the fear itself will realize the anticipated event. Preemptive strikes will be the trigger. There is some truth to, what was it, Soros' reflexivity.

ChrisArchitect

[dupe] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47697670

khriss

I'm genuinely perplexed as to why this story was flagged. As multiple commenters have pointed out, this is actually not new(e.g you get registered when you get your driver's license). I wonder why flagging brigade on HN has such a thin skin when it comes to anything even remotely critical of the current govt.