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without getting a once in a lifetime war - like WW2. Where glory awaits, most wars are a profit mechanism. hence cannon fodder, will be coming from the unwashe
by dzonga 2y ago
without getting a once in a lifetime war - like WW2. Where glory awaits, most wars are a profit mechanism.
hence cannon fodder, will be coming from the unwashed masses. while the Officers and senior brass, come from the 'elite' classes. Getting into WestPoint ain't easy - where most of the generals come from.
so the whole skin in the game - in terms of war - only happens a few times.
now with drone warfare, you don't have to exposed to the carnage you cause.
- me_me_me 2y agoI heard a great take, that due to low demographics across all developed countries - wars are costly. But also costly in terms of killing people who are about to start family and have kids. If your country has already sub-replacement birthrates. It makes no sense to send young people to die. its better to send people who already had kids (30-40+). That's why Ukraine doesn't really want to lover the age of conscription. Russia having never-ending young poor people to die in trenches is a lie, they actually have a demograpic gap in young males. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Russia#/media/File:Russia_Population_Pyramid.svg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Russia#/media/... Also young females are leaving en masse too. Its going to be a massive problem for russia in 20 years (i am fully aware putin couldnt give a flying f** about what will happen to russia in 20 years)