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human
ELI5:Why isn't the draft considered involuntary servitude?

Being forced to serve sure sounds like involuntary servitude to me. I am not trying to argue for or against the draft, but this seems like a major conflict to me. Is the draft given a special exemption?
gpt
The Supreme Court has held, in Butler v. Perry, 240 U.S. 328 (1916), that the Thirteenth Amendment does not prohibit "enforcement of those duties which individuals owe to the state, such as services in the army, militia, on the jury, etc."