A lot of countries with a token military forces would now invest, and pay nicely for, the military (equipment but especially men), seeing how Russia struggles t

A lot of countries with a token military forces would now invest, and pay nicely for, the military (equipment but especially men), seeing how Russia struggles to do achieve its objectives with its ~200,000 men while Ukraine struggles to remove them having twice as many. Whereas they look at their own army and only see a handful of capable divisions. It is possible that in the post-AI, post-employment world, the main way to earn a decent living will be becoming an enlisted military, as it was during Ancient Roman times.