The survey by the Centre for Social Investment Studies (CENSIS) showed 39% of Italians aged between 18 and 45 would declare themselves as pacifist conscientious objectors, 19% would try to evade conscription another way, and 26% would prefer Italy to hire foreign mercenaries.
What’s that? You don’t want to throw yourselves into a meatgrinder to protect the private property rights of your fellow rich nationals?
In all likelyhood the adversary isn’t taking my apartment. It’s taking the factories I don’t own. Maybe working conditions would be worse afterwards. Maybe they’d better. Gotta check who’s invading.
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Most likely countries to invade are far right authoritarian. Though IDK where you live, if you’re in like Russia or Iran there’s merit to the idea that conditions might improve. If you’re in any of the classic “western” countries, no way, though - even the USA has better working conditions than Russia.
The article doesn’t talk about any specific kind of war, does it?
For example, if I look at Gaza or Ukraine, I can’t see it as “damage to rich private property rights”.
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