alt Hacker News> Also 90,000,000 people doesn't mean 90,000,000 soldiers, especially when a large part of them hate their own regime.
You know what engenders nationalism? Attack on your way of life and the murder of someone you know by said attack.
> Also 90,000,000 people doesn't mean 90,000,000 soldiers, especially when a large part of them hate their own regime.
You know what engenders nationalism? Attack on your way of life and the murder of someone you know by said attack.
If my countrymen were killed by my government by the thousands, I'd not be super happy about defending that government.
If the enemy does the same kind of mindless killing to the civilians, then I would have different ideas.