• Flying Squid@lemmy.worldM
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        19 days ago

        Am I? Because, again, all the adults have to do is not allow the kids to fight. That’s it. The kids aren’t pushing past them and raiding the weapons lockers. They’re being forcibly conscripted.

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          19 days ago

          Again, what force? They’re being recruited, not forced. I know what you said about them being young and impressionable, but no happy kid would rather go fight in a war instead of playing with their friends. So again, ask yourself here. Why do they feel the need to?

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            19 days ago

            Yes, just like kids are “being recruited” for sex work.

            Yet again, children’s brains are not developed enough to understand the consequences of what they are doing. They are being forced to fight because they are being manipulated into doing it. That’s why they “feel the need to.”

            It’s like you don’t even know what children are.

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              19 days ago

              Question then. If I were to go to a group of young, impressionable kids in a developed country where they are living comfortably, how successful would I be in recruiting them to be in a militia?

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                19 days ago

                Why on Earth would you think I know the answer to that? Do you think I’ve ever seen it happen? Experienced it?

                Considering the number of young, impressionable kids who live comfortably that join cults, I’m guessing a good salesperson could be pretty successful at it.