Yo. I know they say capitalism will sell us the rope and so on, but surely we need to tie the noose at least. Complaining about their propaganda like we have no role to play in all this is :LIB:
Is it better for the purposes of organizing a working class movement to be up against a state with a professional military or a conscripted military? Don't know the answer. Wondering if anyone's written about it
Lots of communists were drafted into the imperial army as punishment and they were organizing troops on the front line to the point that the tsar knew he could not count on the military for help if there was a revolution. That's really important to remember. I doubt the US military would do that today (you'll just get jail time or disappeared). Either way, you will need the military on your side or its over before it starts.
This isn't a shift to compulsory service like South Korea or Finland has. It's a draft, and it won't be activated unless we're in a WW3-tier conflict. If that occurs, nukes will likely come out, and there won't exactly be many people left after that.
Draft is actually very useful, because it will radicalise a lot of people and provide them with military training.
"I'm sure this won't interact with me in any way" I say in the face of imperialist propaganda.
Yo. I know they say capitalism will sell us the rope and so on, but surely we need to tie the noose at least. Complaining about their propaganda like we have no role to play in all this is :LIB:
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Very dumb stupid take
Is it better for the purposes of organizing a working class movement to be up against a state with a professional military or a conscripted military? Don't know the answer. Wondering if anyone's written about it
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Lots of communists were drafted into the imperial army as punishment and they were organizing troops on the front line to the point that the tsar knew he could not count on the military for help if there was a revolution. That's really important to remember. I doubt the US military would do that today (you'll just get jail time or disappeared). Either way, you will need the military on your side or its over before it starts.
This isn't a shift to compulsory service like South Korea or Finland has. It's a draft, and it won't be activated unless we're in a WW3-tier conflict. If that occurs, nukes will likely come out, and there won't exactly be many people left after that.