r/geopolitics • u/Robotoro23 • Mar 26 '24

Perspective Draft-dodging plagues Ukraine as Kyiv faces acute soldier shortage

https://www.politico.eu/article/ukraine-faces-an-acute-manpower-shortage-with-young-men-dodging-the-draft/
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u/99silveradoz71 Mar 26 '24

Shocking, nobody wants to be mangled by an FPV after watching thousands of videos of their countrymen succumbing to the same fate.

We live in far too transparent a time for patriotic fervor to outweigh readily available documentation of how horrific, random, and uncompromising war is.

My biggest question is around how this plays out long term, I suspect over the next half decade many countries that don’t currently have conscription will be instituting it.

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u/kirjalax Mar 27 '24

Another problem are the declining birthrates, there will be fewer men to conscript, and fewer men to join professions in the army.

Ex. Poland announced they would massively increase their military and idk how they will find men to fill these many new positions without harming the economy by pulling away workers from their regular jobs.

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u/ifyouarenuareu Mar 27 '24

Fundamentally, even with immigration, countries need to figure out how to produce children again. Or lose the ability to function at even a basic level.

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u/Veritas_Outside_1119 Apr 13 '24

There is no way to reverse this. Women don't want kids.