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[u/Red_Lotus_Alchemist]

[u/Feisty_Manager_4105]

 Russians could stay home

I hope Putin gets a missile up his arse but that's just naive to think Russian cannon fodder have a choice

[u/somerandomfuckwit1 → u/Feisty_Manager_4105]

The overwhelming majority of them willingly signed contracts they absolutely made a choice. Theres been 1 super unpopular partial reserve call up and that's it which is why they keep upping pay for signing contracts. Fuck em all

[u/Dude-Hiht875 → u/somerandomfuckwit1]

In the USA, give to average "white trash" the option to sign a deal where US Guv'ment pays 500,000 United Shteaks Dollars and watch what happened.

Putin invented the recycling method for people who can't live like in old times, like their parents but cannot find the way how to live now in nowadays. Recycling them as the biofuel of war machine.

[u/jerrykroma → u/Feisty_Manager_4105]

Check out rewards russia pays for people to sign contracts , they rise almost every other month, because regular conscripts are rarely sent to the front , it's people who do it willingly most of the time. Most of them come from poorer (comparatively) regions of the country, where sign-up bonus is entire year's salary for them So yeah, they DO have a choice mot to sign a contract , lot of them just think it's worth risk for money

[u/Entire_Pop9382 → u/jerrykroma]

On top of that, Ukraine offers high rewards and strong protection if you do surrender. Unless you're a high-profile defector, like that helicopter pilot who was murdered by FSB in Spain, you'd likely get a better life out of it.

The only argument that I could see is your family. In the end, though, how does it feel to return home to your children being a murderer?

[u/Grimour → u/Feisty_Manager_4105]

They do. They could resist. They could shoot their commanders and die in a noble act, but they wouldn't They got no backbones.

[u/Feisty_Manager_4105 → u/Grimour]

I'm very sure sacrificing yourself is a very easy thing to do

[u/Tunisian_Communist → u/Grimour]

Same with Western soldiers in Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, etc. They all should have killed themselves right? They could have resisted, they're the ones invading after all. Spineless cowards.

[u/Entire_Pop9382 → u/Tunisian_Communist]

To be fair, Western soldiers definitely did sign up for the job voluntarily. So yeah, a lot of times staying home would've been the smarter choice.

[u/Grimour → u/Tunisian_Communist]

Not remotely the same thing. Russia is invading a peaceful country. All those countries you name were given reasons to why they were invaded. I do not condone it, but it's far from the same thing.

[u/bignibba2320 → u/Grimour]

The wild amount of hoops you're jumping through to justify the deaths of people is quite impressive! Ever considered acrobatics?

[u/bignibba2320 → u/[deleted]]

Not really a joke buddy🤣 just making an observation of your character

[u/Tunisian_Communist → u/Grimour]

Libya was peaceful, the innocent civilians of Iraq didn't deserve to be burnt to death by white phosphorus, we know the WMDs didn't exist, the fishermen of Yemen shouldn't be blown apart at their wedding ceremonies, yet here you are defending it.

[u/Grimour → u/Tunisian_Communist]

Fuck off with relating one conflict with another.

[u/Tunisian_Communist → u/Grimour]

So Russians should all kill themselves but everyone else is excused from warcrimes and ethics? Classic imperialism

[u/Grimour → u/Tunisian_Communist]

Ok one day you may realise Russia is doing imperialistic acts.

[u/Mustard_Rain_ → u/Tunisian_Communist]

it's ok to be a communist AND oppose Russian imperialism at the same time, brother, you can do it

[u/Tunisian_Communist → u/Mustard_Rain_]

So long as we agree that conscripted soldiers don't have much of a choice, sure

[u/BigDaddy0790 → u/Feisty_Manager_4105]

I personally know 5 people fighting on Russian side, 1 of them recently killed and 1 missing, all volunteered. I have not heard of anyone being forced to go to the frontline since 2022. The recruiting center in Moscow processes around a thousand volunteers daily, 90% go for the money, because most of them can’t dream of ever earning as much as they can at war.

I guess you could say that they “had no choice” in the economic sense, but I still disagree. 99% of them made a very active adult choice to go kill people, for many reasons, but responsibility is theirs.

[u/Mustard_Rain_ → u/Feisty_Manager_4105]

stop excusing imperialism.

most are volunteers, who signed for contract bonuses.

they absolutely have a choice.

[u/Mondelieu → u/Feisty_Manager_4105]

Most Russians fighting right now are there for the money. The cannon fodder recruited by the mobilization is long dead already.