• Fizz
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    2 months ago

    Men do have a moral duty to fight to defend their country. This does not mean you HAVE to it only means its the moral thing to do (from my own moral perspective).

    A moral duty to defend your country if called upon is not what allows the war to continue its the elected leader that gets to decide the war ends. Ukraine isnt calling up conscripts to extend the war, they are calling up conscripts in a response to increased russian troop numbers and to cycle troops off the battlefield so they can rest. Without conscription the war continues but the odds of losing are even higher.

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOP
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      2 months ago

      Nope, nobody has any moral duty to defend a regime they don’t believe in. Period. The fact that you think people have some moral duty to fight makes you a psychopath. The war is already lost, and prolonging this horror is what’s actually immoral. Every single scumbag who advocated for prolonging it has blood on their hands.

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        2 months ago

        Yes people do have a moral to defend their country from invasion regardless of which democratically elected government is currently in power. You are purposefully changing the language, Its not a moral duty to fight its a moral duty to defend.

        The war is already lost

        Yes I agree, but its not over until the leader decides it is. The only person with blood on their hands is the leaders who continue the war. Because the leader is elected to make decisions on behalf of the people if the leader says men aged 25+ need to enlist then our boy in the article should enlist.

        Do you believe at all in civic duty? Do you think people have a societal obligation to follow laws in a democracy?

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          2 months ago

          No, people do not have a moral duty to defend things they don’t believe in. The fact that you can’t get this through your head is absolutely phenomenal. Blindly following what the leader decides is fascism. You are a fascist.

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            “Things they don’t believe in” is incorrect since the article states he clearly believes in the country of Ukraine and participating in their democracy.