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

  • Aniki@feddit.orgEnglish
    111·
    23 hours ago

    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.worksEnglish
      51·
      19 hours ago

      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.worksEnglish
        5·
        17 hours ago

        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.worksEnglish
          61·
          17 hours ago

          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.