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Re:Russia confiscates passports of senior officials to stop ... by gbil on Monday April 03, 2023 @07:16AM (#35421617)
Do we still depend on raw manpower to 1. increase productions of specialized hardware which anyhow depends on specialized technology, and 2. win wars by sending 'infinite' amount of soldiers to the front ?

At the same time, the assumption is that there will be no backlash inside the country if 'infinite' amount of soldiers die ?

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Re:Russia confiscates passports of senior officials to stop ... by codedokode on Monday April 03, 2023 @07:20AM (#35421647)
> the assumption is that there will be no backlash inside the country if 'infinite' amount of soldiers die ?

The war in Afganistan lasted for 12 years and there were no protests against it. In Winter war in 1939 [1] USSR lost over 100 000 soldiers (according to Western propaganda in Wikipedia) and there were no complaints.

Also Russian people are not going to know how many soldiers have died if you simply don't tell them.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_War

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Re:Russia confiscates passports of senior officials to stop ... by m2fkxy on Monday April 03, 2023 @07:40AM (#35421819)
Protests were not necessarily loud but Afghanistan had a heavy impact on Soviet society. Read Zinc Boys, and on the Committees of Soldiers’ Mothers.

> according to Western propaganda in Wikipedia

Yeah, OK, I see.

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