• rbesfe@lemmy.ca
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      That’s probably because the phrase “dying for your country” means “dying overseas” to you. I would hope you’d think differently with an invader at your doorstep

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        I don’t really feel my country has done too much to help me have a good life. So, I’d be more than happy to take my tax dollars and higher education elsewhere if it came down to dying or not dying.

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    Turns out people don’t want to fight strangers. Seems pretty reasonable when a genocidal dictator is the one pulling the strings. (Talking about Putin if that wasn’t clear)

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      How does putin being a dictator contribute to the Ukrainians fleeing from draft? Unclear from your comment

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    Not sure why comments are so polarized.

    This is what happens with a population well aware that they are being sent to the meat grinder a la Im Westen nichts Neues.

    I guess everyone can agree they don’t want to die pointlessly.

    War exhaustion is high, and now it’s a war of attrition.

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    Alternative headline: forced conscription and draconian punishments for draft dodging and desertion drives young men away

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    Still remember when someone here told me this will never happen because nowadays wars can’t get out of soldiers and plenty of weapons was the issue. LMAOROLFZ…

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      Someone told you something once and they were wrong. That is a roll on the floor laughing out loud sort of thing!