What if I told you... 2nd rate dictatorships eschew strong militaries that are strongly supported by the people the government desires to oppress and enslave. In that case the oppressive regime will replace most middle and upper military members with individuals loyal to the regime and strongly opposed to the people. The lower eschelon of the military will be draftee-cannon-fodder drawn from the exact people the government seeks to oppress thus removing and destroying what would be a partisan force that would seek to rise against it. Such a military is obscenely poor at actually accomplishing any goal of any kind other than wasting resources and destroying young men (and now women) who are the opposing force of the regime. I encourage everyone reading this to really think about it this idea. Your sons and daughters will be drafted into a military that will lord over them with trannys and gays and wakandans and medical dystopians. DO NOT LET YOUNG PEOPLE SIGN UP FOR SELECTIVE SERVICE. DO NOT ACCEPT A DRAFT NOTICE. BURN IT AND PREPARE TO DEFEND YOURSELF FROM THOSE WHO DO NOT.