Well, all the men (like half a million of them?) who were involuntarily conscripted, kidnapped from their homes, tortured to comply and killed in action would prefer to be alive.
Alright. So in principle, the whole world should bow to the one head of state that is bound to exist somewhere that does not subscribe to these high ideals. Got it.
But…not forcing men to fight, doesn’t mean that there’s no army? I’m confused.
But anyway, if your country is attacked, but nobody (or too few) want to defend it voluntarily…maybe, that is kind of a vote with the feet, that either your odds are very bad anyways or that people rather chose to live in occupation and deem it less bad than fighting and dying ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
So, assume the Ukranian people had all followed that principle. What would their daily lives look like now?
Well, all the men (like half a million of them?) who were involuntarily conscripted, kidnapped from their homes, tortured to comply and killed in action would prefer to be alive.
Alright. So in principle, the whole world should bow to the one head of state that is bound to exist somewhere that does not subscribe to these high ideals. Got it.
But…not forcing men to fight, doesn’t mean that there’s no army? I’m confused.
But anyway, if your country is attacked, but nobody (or too few) want to defend it voluntarily…maybe, that is kind of a vote with the feet, that either your odds are very bad anyways or that people rather chose to live in occupation and deem it less bad than fighting and dying ¯\_(ツ)_/¯