>Ukraine has no alternative to mass conscription, if there's one, I'm happy to hear about it.
The problem with the mass conscription going on on paper in Ukraine is that it's not really applied in mass in practice, but only selectively targeting the poor people without connections who can't leave, bribe or game the system to escape the draft.
The wealthy men with means have long left the country or got papers to escape the draft, so only the poor suckers end up dying on the front line.
That's the problem, the selective draft. If it were truly a mass draft affecting the rich and poor alike evenly, things would be different, but that's not the case.
Hell, I would dodge the draft too if I could. Why should I die to protect the wealth of some oligarchs and the interests of great powers? What did the country do for me that deserves my sacrifice? What even is a country if not just a lot of land that doesn't really belong to me but to some oligarchs and foreign corporations who exploited me every step of my life? Fuck'em! I don't care about that land since I don't own any of it, I care about my life, and I can start a new life in another land. If I must die to protect it I want to see first the rich and powerful people dying alongside with me instead of drinking champagne abroad.
The problem with the mass conscription going on on paper in Ukraine is that it's not really applied in mass in practice, but only selectively targeting the poor people without connections who can't leave, bribe or game the system to escape the draft.
The wealthy men with means have long left the country or got papers to escape the draft, so only the poor suckers end up dying on the front line.
That's the problem, the selective draft. If it were truly a mass draft affecting the rich and poor alike evenly, things would be different, but that's not the case.
Hell, I would dodge the draft too if I could. Why should I die to protect the wealth of some oligarchs and the interests of great powers? What did the country do for me that deserves my sacrifice? What even is a country if not just a lot of land that doesn't really belong to me but to some oligarchs and foreign corporations who exploited me every step of my life? Fuck'em! I don't care about that land since I don't own any of it, I care about my life, and I can start a new life in another land. If I must die to protect it I want to see first the rich and powerful people dying alongside with me instead of drinking champagne abroad.
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