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Its almost comical to watch Trump threatening all these wars when at the end of the day social inequality is so bad that effectively there is no one to draft. T

Its almost comical to watch Trump threatening all these wars when at the end of the day social inequality is so bad that effectively there is no one to draft. The typical cannon fodder of yore have been so beat down they would last 15 minutes or less on a battlefield. The only ones healthy enough to serve have parents rich enough to by their way out of a draft. You can't do a ground invasion with just drones manned by chubby kids with joysticks in a bunker. Corporate America has been so ruthlessly effective at pushing through such brutal levels of inequality that its actually become an existential threat to national security.

linkregister 9y ago
Is the obesity rate among the under 30 crowd really that high that a draft wouldn’t be feasible? I’m not sure about that stat. Care to back it up?
- marchenko 9y ago
  The effects of poor health in the otherwise-eligible pool recruit pool has been a concern for a few years. As I recall, the health of WWI recruits, especially from the south (mostly due to poor nutrition and parasites), had similar implications for readiness, and this was the spur for a number of public health interventions. There are other potentially problematic indicators, such as the fact that grip strength in young men has plummeted over the last few decades (avg 18yo male is not as strong as avg 35yo woman was at his age). Grip strength is a good indicator of overall fitness. https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2016/09/11/the-u-s-military-has-a-huge-problem-with-obesity-and-it-s-only-getting-worse/ https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2016/09/11/... https://www.google.de/amp/amp.timeinc.net/time/2938158/youth-fail-to-qualify-military-service https://www.google.de/amp/amp.timeinc.net/time/2938158/youth...
  - fjsolwmv 9y ago
    That's because poor people are fat and we have a volunteer military. A draft would solve that problem, by drafting richer healthier people and also by forcing fat poor people to exercise and eat better.

linkregister 9y ago

Is the obesity rate among the under 30 crowd really that high that a draft wouldn’t be feasible? I’m not sure about that stat. Care to back it up?

marchenko 9y ago
The effects of poor health in the otherwise-eligible pool recruit pool has been a concern for a few years. As I recall, the health of WWI recruits, especially from the south (mostly due to poor nutrition and parasites), had similar implications for readiness, and this was the spur for a number of public health interventions. There are other potentially problematic indicators, such as the fact that grip strength in young men has plummeted over the last few decades (avg 18yo male is not as strong as avg 35yo woman was at his age). Grip strength is a good indicator of overall fitness. https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2016/09/11/the-u-s-military-has-a-huge-problem-with-obesity-and-it-s-only-getting-worse/ https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2016/09/11/... https://www.google.de/amp/amp.timeinc.net/time/2938158/youth-fail-to-qualify-military-service https://www.google.de/amp/amp.timeinc.net/time/2938158/youth...
- fjsolwmv 9y ago
  That's because poor people are fat and we have a volunteer military. A draft would solve that problem, by drafting richer healthier people and also by forcing fat poor people to exercise and eat better.