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A comment on Putin’s last stand How to lose a war simply by starting one. Parent comment

Re:Putin’s last stand How to lose a war simply by starting one by virgilp on Friday March 04, 2022 @06:56AM (#30553476)
> And what will this fight be for?

For your honour. So that you do not become a citizen of North Korea; so that you do not take part in <this>.

Honour systems developed independently in many chaotic/violent societies - not irrationally, but because they are _good_ systems, perhaps the only way to protect yourself from fates worse than death. Kamil Galeev explains it fairly well here: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1498692916511924232.html

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Re:Putin’s last stand How to lose a war simply by starting one by throwaway290 on Friday March 04, 2022 @07:18AM (#30553650)
My honour is supposed to compel me to quit software, go back and start a bloody fight with my fellow citizens (on whose side the tanks and the truth, for all they know, are)? For a country I have no pride in, to facilitate the next dictator to trample on our blood up the throne if we succeed, while you watch with popcorn from your office?
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Re:Putin’s last stand How to lose a war simply by starting one by virgilp on Friday March 04, 2022 @07:23AM (#30553695)
Not you, personally; those who choose (or are compelled) to stay .
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Re:Putin’s last stand How to lose a war simply by starting one by throwaway290 on Friday March 04, 2022 @07:29AM (#30553767)
Some people may be compelled. I will look at them in awe.
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