• uncle_bagel@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Doesnt have to be Eastern Europe. Plenty of examples of rich people finding ways for their kids to avaoid the draft during Vietnam and WWII in the US.

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      My dad got out of Vietnam (unwittingly) when my grandparents paid the doctor to give him a bad medical evaluation. He was all hyped to go, only to discover he had… I want to say it was flat feet or something? Basically “you’re no good at marching so you won’t war good”.

      Stayed in college, got his masters and then his PhD, then went on to work for a major energy company and move out to the suburbs and live the good life into his golden years. A couple of his high school buddies went and got killed - one in a helicopter crash and another after stepping on a landmine.

      When 9/11 happened and I was ready to enlist, he grabbed me by the shoulder and explained the best thing his parents ever did for him was keeping him out of the war.

      I only wish every parent had this conversation with their kids. The world would be a better place.

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      1 year ago

      It’s not about rich, it’s about rather middle class people somehow allocating a sum to bribe a military commissariat. See the article with 10k$ - it’s a lot in Ukraine, yes, but not what the size of such a bribe would be if only rich people would be doing that.

      • Phrodo_00@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        I don’t understand this comment. Are you saying it’s only fine to dodge the draft when rock people do it?

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          I’m saying that this is very common in Eastern Europe. It’s not something only rich people do. Not that it’s fine or not.