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Children’s rights champion suggests reopening Soviet labour camps in summer holidays

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[–] shweddy@lemmy.world 31 points 4 days ago (4 children)

Why the kids gotta pick up the slack for the adults?

[–] Shellofbiomatter@lemmus.org 20 points 4 days ago

Because those adults are getting ground up in Ukraine and the warmachine needs to grind on.

[–] gandalf_der_12te@feddit.org 12 points 4 days ago (2 children)

they killed 1.5 of their own young men in a pointless war

russia has 150 million inhabitants. that's 1% of the entire population dead.

[–] Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Even the higher estimates put the toll at over a million casualties, not deaths. Even at a very pessimistic 50% casualty rate, that's 750k dead.

Still a lot.

[–] doo@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

And they are

  • relatively healthy (enough to be sent to die)
  • men
  • of working age

And given that those that are enough wounded to be discharged also can't really work as before, we're looking at something like 5-10% of the male workforce.

That's a lot a lot.

[–] Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

And that's just the ones killed or injured, that doesn't count the ones who've fled the country to avoid being drafted, which from what I've heard is something like three million.

Plus the ones still alive serving in Ukraine. It's no wonder they have a labour shortage.

[–] OwOarchist@pawb.social 3 points 3 days ago

Plus the ones 'missing in action' in Ukraine.

[–] Daxter101@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I mean, 1.5 young men isn't a lot. You can barely film a gay porn video with that many.

[–] gandalf_der_12te@feddit.org 2 points 2 days ago

1.5 million i meant :)

[–] Rothe@piefed.social 11 points 4 days ago

Everybody gotta pick up the slack of the dictator and his mistakes. That is how dictatorships works.

[–] MrNesser@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago

Not a lot of adults left