alt Hacker NewsI don't know where you are getting this, but this is very much not the role of professional armies in most invasions historically
Usually when your country is invaded you don't stay in your silicon valley privileged mindset and you go to conscription willingly
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Millions of people enjoy great lives today because at least one of their ancestors were smart enough to not go to the meat grinder. While millions of young men became genetic dead ends dead in a ditch for no reason at all. Even their names forgotten forever.
Silicon valley privileged mindset in Europe, what are you talking about?! You mean Piotr, Ivan, and Andrei working remotely for American company for equivalent of 60k USD annually?
Most armies in Europe, especially in post-Communist part of it, are nepotist corrupted structures. People go there for tax and housing benefits and early retirement. They are not even particularly fit, skilled, or trained to fight with an invader. Especially in these countries men aged 18-45 have absolutely nothing to fight for.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Busification - the definition of consent is very stretched.