I tend to avoid talking politics with my parents (mostly because they watch CNN and MSNBC all of the time), but in rare instances where war comes up, I ask them, "what if they reinstate the draft?" Their immediate response is, "that will never happen" and that is the end of the conversation. I sometimes think they say that because they don't want to even entertain the idea of the possible outcomes of a draft for their children, though perhaps they genuinely believe that the draft would never be reinstated because of potentially how unpopular it would be. I have seen similar strong opinions on this board about the impossibility of a draft in the United States, and I have to wonder why you are all so certain about it?
Time and again we have seen decisions by the government being made that defy logic, especially politically, only for the average citizen to look on in complete apathy at best, and sheer joy at worst. Years of the Syrian Civil War being plastered everywhere with criticisms of US inaction have made the left more hungry for war. The Ukraine War has seen leftist individuals (even the trannies who you would expect to whine and moan about doing anything) actually travel to Ukraine and participate in fighting. The propaganda is powerful, and the apathy towards resisting is even stronger.
I think you would have to be foolish to not even entertain the idea of the Establishment reinstating the draft. It doesn't matter if the logistics would be impossible as that has rarely stopped the government before. As far as I see it, the Silent Generation and the Boomers are not satisfied with merely passing away quietly, they want to go out in a blaze of glory, consequences for their children, and the human race as a whole, be damned.
The Draft is a concept that only works when there is a unified belief in the fight you're being drafted for. The Draft was made so wildly unpopular during Vietnam that they changed its name entirely to "The Selective Service." Rebrands are when you know something has had its reputation tarnished.
Today, the US is split very strongly along political lines, and more directly along 'establishment' and 'new wave' politics. Trump proved that the constant warring and agitation in other countries is done purposefully and is not organic. My Default Liberal upbringing pounded the idea into my head that Republicans were the war presidents, and Democrats were the peace presidents. This is now obviously a lie. This is part of the façade of the parties' roles.
Because of this fracturing in the belief that the wars in foreign countries are necessary, the support for "fight them over there so we don't have to fight them over here" has lost its weight. We don't have to do any fighting at all. The longstanding Military Industrial Complex is at odds with Progressivism destroying the feelings of attachment I have to my country, its government, and institutions. Why would I go fight for something I don't believe in? Why risk it all to protect miscegenation, fagification, death of the Church, the paving over of my hometown, or the dissolution of my country's sovereignty? The political bias of the Deep State is on full display, and its ability to maintain its grip is beholden to how much any of us believe in its legitimacy. It's no longer a joke when I say "I wish Trump was half the Mega Fascist Terrorist Dictator the Left says he is." I want this to be the era of the downfall of Federal power and authority.
A draft in the current day would be a blast point that would endanger the country's unity even more than it already is. No one on MAGA's side would believe it wasn't a covert Op to try to eliminate political opposition among the citizens. There is no reason to "respect the office" when the office and everyone scuttling around within it are illegitimate. Now, when the Government asks "don't you want to save America?" the Patriot answers "yes, from you."