How about a new rule that if you vote for a war, you are automatically enlisted. And if you're ineligible to enlist you must either abstain or vote no.

[–] admiralteal@kbin.social 59 points 1 year ago (9 children)

Congress members get as many votes for war as they have draft-age family members. For each vote they cast, they must enlist 1 family member. Preferably children.

[–] agent_flounder@lemmy.one 36 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Some of em don't care about their kids. They can go fight, themselves.

[–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 27 points 1 year ago

Some of em don't care about their kids.

As evidenced by their complete lack of concern regarding climate change.

[–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 32 points 1 year ago

Nah just ship the congressmen/women off with the infantry. Then they can see exactly what they're voting for.

[–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 year ago

Given the low regard for their children and grandchildren they show when it comes to climate change, I doubt that would be an adequate deterrent.

[–] JJROKCZ@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Most of their kids are 55+, they can’t enlist lol

[–] admiralteal@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

No different than having no kids.

No kids/grandkids/niblings we can send to war? No right to vote for war.

[–] Potato_in_my_anus@lemmy.ml -1 points 1 year ago

Why not?... Look at the Russian soldiers fighting in Ukraine, they clearly look like 60+.

[–] JimmyDean@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

I see an obvious exploit with this: congress members enlisting family members who would rather vote 'No' just so they can get more votes for their own choice.

You might think "nobody would enlist their child to fight a war that they're against" but I promise you, there are people like that.

[–] flossdaily@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

As if someone like Trump would even give a second thought to sending his kids off to war?

[–] bauhaus@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

many have already gladly voted yes for both many times. I don’t think that will stop enough of them.

[–] theneverfox@pawb.social 3 points 1 year ago

We basically had that a century ago, before the nobility moved behind the scenes and became the 1%

Unqualified scions were sent to the battlefield to gain military merits, which was generally bad for everyone. I'm pretty sure it only really stopped after WWI, when the death toll from combat started getting ridiculous

[–] nan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago

Unfortunately he was a Lieutenant commander in the Navy. Going back probably doesn’t concern him.