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Got any grapes? (lemmy.world)
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[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

It was a double-edged sword. Conscription was deeply radicalizing, both in terms of domestic discontent and labor militarization.

Once Nixon ended the draft and converted operations to air war/special forces, the domestic opposition to the wars in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia rapidly fizzled out. And by the 1980s, our War on ~~Poor People~~ Crime effectively put the kabash on the kind of neighborhood organizing/defense that kept communities from falling under aggressive police cartels.

I think American politicians don't really want conscription today any more than the people do.