Russo-Ukrainian War 2014-26

[Zoupa]

Neat story. How do you feel about it?

Every conscript hates it of course. But I realized that any french male, back in the day at least, had 3 life experiences that they could bond over and relate: school, church and the army. You could meet a random french dude and talk about those things wherever you were in the world, didn't matter what ethnic or social origin they were. Nobody goes to church since we hung our priests 200 years ago and they scrapped conscription 20 years ago. Now there's only school left as a common experience.

I think it's good that european countries are bringing it back, obviously regarding the russian morons but also on a "cohesion of society" factor. IMHO, anyways.

[Jacob]

Yeah... I believe conscription is probably a positive social force (barring massively abusive systems like what the Russians apparently have), though I feel a bit hypocritical saying so since I wasn't conscripted myself.

[mongers]

Putin trying to resurrect the CCCP:



edit:
Couldn't find the Russia thread, so thought it could go here, as the war is also an doomed effort to do so.