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[-] iridaniotter@hexbear.net 7 points 10 hours ago

Remember that the Chinese Red Army was mostly made up of Nationalist deserters.

Well yes, but as socialists we should be strategically in support of universal conscription. A volunteer army is not likely to produce these results...

[-] glimmer_twin@hexbear.net 4 points 8 hours ago

Especially a volunteer army that is essentially a bunch of mercenaries serving to get college or $50,000 or whatever. A lot of them aren’t even signing up because of some misguided patriotism or whatever at this point.

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