Why is the solution to avoiding conscription being able to hide rather than making the conscription not happen in the first place?
Yes, fight in advance to prevent such a situation, but don’t assume you will win. It’s good to have a backup plan.
Conscription has never been popular, and I think today in healthy industrialised nations it would be an exceptionally hard sell. Ukraine, Russia and (somewhat) Israel give us hints here of what might happen if the US or Germany or India started drafting all able-bodied young men.
It would be a disaster, but my guess is that it wouldn't stop governments from trying.