Western governments -- especially Euro governments -- are dumb enough to try to implement conscription, creating all the issues that Aurelien point out. Let's not ignore the potential political consequences, and how those consequences could backfire on dumb Western governments.
If people are told they are being sent to fight in a far-off …
Western governments -- especially Euro governments -- are dumb enough to try to implement conscription, creating all the issues that Aurelien point out. Let's not ignore the potential political consequences, and how those consequences could backfire on dumb Western governments.
If people are told they are being sent to fight in a far-off foreign country like the Ukraine, the enthusiasm for defending Ukrainian-style "democracy" will very rapidly evaporate. When individuals are told "You may die" for a wishy-washy cause, resistance is inevitable. Look at what happened in the US during the Vietnam era. Much of the anti-war movement was the children of privilege who did not want to be conscripted and have to put their own asses in danger. In today's fallen world, that reaction would be even stronger, and could quite conceivably lead to the downfall of any Western Political Class that tried to impose conscription.
Western governments -- especially Euro governments -- are dumb enough to try to implement conscription, creating all the issues that Aurelien point out. Let's not ignore the potential political consequences, and how those consequences could backfire on dumb Western governments.
If people are told they are being sent to fight in a far-off foreign country like the Ukraine, the enthusiasm for defending Ukrainian-style "democracy" will very rapidly evaporate. When individuals are told "You may die" for a wishy-washy cause, resistance is inevitable. Look at what happened in the US during the Vietnam era. Much of the anti-war movement was the children of privilege who did not want to be conscripted and have to put their own asses in danger. In today's fallen world, that reaction would be even stronger, and could quite conceivably lead to the downfall of any Western Political Class that tried to impose conscription.