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[–] CaptObvious@literature.cafe 15 points 5 months ago

I remember when Carter tried to reactivate the US military draft. It didn't go well. Young people hated it. Their parents hated it. Their grandparents hated it. Businesses hated it. Colleges hated it. The military hated it. Only Jimmy Carter seemed to love it.

Reagan won the next election in a landslide.