>>17780210I seriously don't get the idea of fighting for your country in 2023. It's not 300BC. Wars are fought between countries so they can swap oligarchies in power. If China invaded the US, conquered everything, nothing would radically be different except that national policy would be more lenient towards the Chinese - which might be an overall good thing to begin with.
I don't understand the premise of sending hundreds of thousands to die to protect a social construct corrupt government in your capital that doesn't really represent you or your interests. Sure, the enemy doesn't represent you either, but at the end of the day who rules your country barely affects your day to day life because all oligarchs behave the same. I'd almost rather have the Chinese syphoning tax dollars versus the sort of leeches and grifters my government enables.
