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Total war and conscription gave France three advantages: willingness to absorb casualties, speed, and strategic flexibility through corps.
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Conscription
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causal-chain
Carnot created levee en masse to dilute noble influence, but later conspired against Robespierre because Robespierre's virtue prevented beneficiaries from enjoying power.
causal-chain
Europe becomes dominant because it never stops fighting internally and externally; these wars force larger armies, better weapons, more taxation, and better conscription.
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Gunpowder drives feudalism toward absolute monarchy because mass gunpowder armies require taxation, conscription, and centralized bureaucracy.
prediction
He predicts that if Ukraine loses by running out of soldiers, NATO is likely to send its own troops against Russia, citing French discussion of troops and British discussion of conscription.
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Jiang interprets proposals to raise reservist enlistment age and draft mechanisms as signs of a depopulation/elitist control trend.
prediction
Jiang predicts Ukraine will remain a major flashpoint because Europeans cannot give up Project Ukraine, will send volunteers or special forces, move toward conscription and German remilitarization, and provoke Russia further.
prediction
Jiang argues authoritarian conscription may still be attempted in Europe, but it would further destroy those societies.
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"You know, one more question I want to ask. Because a German politician recently said that they should... Raise the age of enlistment for..."
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"Look, I think there's a depopulation agenda going on where the elite have known for decades that the population we have is unsustainable. This..."
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"Yep. Yeah, no, I would say we've been in World War III ever since 2021, 2022, when Russia invaded Ukraine because that was a..."
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"...ukraine will continue to escalate um the europeans will move towards conscription false conscription especially germany so so you will see the re -militarization..."
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"But right now, if you go to Britain and you ask them like, what does Britain mean to you? I think British people would..."
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"...Poland, Romania, Croatia have all announced the possibility of a draft conscription. So it seems as though the Europeans are going to go all..."
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"Where you know. You have like OnlyFans. Where maybe 10 or 20%. Of young white American women. Are on OnlyFans. And I mean that's..."
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"So Germany has announced. That they're considering the conscription. And young people have said. We'd rather be ruled by Putin. If you give a..."
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"Right. So we have to remember that the Russians fight war in a very slow methodical manner because they used primarily trans warfare. You..."
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"You were basically kidnapped to put in the front lines. Second of all, this war is completely lost. The Russians are advancing everywhere. And..."
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"the reality is we already have nato mercenaries nato special forces nato officers on the ground in ukraine um it's it's it's a open..."
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"nato because their governments are not very popular back in europe um you have massive migration that is weakening the social contract that is..."
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