It's happened over and over again, but the example that comes to mind for me is the final battle of Berlin, when Hitler Youth were conscripted by force regardless of age. They'd be hanged or shot if they refused, and many kids were.
There have been suggestions and warnings that in autumn, after faking parliamentary elections, there might be a mobilization in Russia.
(Hopefully, a revolution soon after that, since a mobilization means giving proper weapons to random blokes and sending them to a war which they didn't intend to join.)
11 Comments
abbadon420@sh.itjust.works · 33 pts · 59d
Must feed the meatgrinder
Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 59d
Having a future is overrated anyway.
Buffalox@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 59d
Or maybe having no future anyway means you don't have much to lose.
DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 59d
How much longer can he keep this up? Will he start pulling men off the streets in Moscow in broad daylight?
notfromhere@lemmy.ml · 7 pts · 59d
Pretty sure they’ve already been doing just that.
FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 59d
History would seem to suggest that they would.
It's happened over and over again, but the example that comes to mind for me is the final battle of Berlin, when Hitler Youth were conscripted by force regardless of age. They'd be hanged or shot if they refused, and many kids were.
someguy3@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 59d
Yes.
perestroika@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 59d
There have been suggestions and warnings that in autumn, after faking parliamentary elections, there might be a mobilization in Russia.
(Hopefully, a revolution soon after that, since a mobilization means giving proper weapons to random blokes and sending them to a war which they didn't intend to join.)
MrsDoyle@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 59d
As seen in Mr Nobody Against Putin. Heartbreaking.
perestroika@slrpnk.net · 4 pts · 59d
Fortunately young people are the least enthusiastic. He can keep looking and only find a limited amount of fools.
spitfire@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 59d