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Easy to say when you're American, Russian, or Chinese.
Not so easy when you're Palestinian, Ukrainian, or Taiwanese.
Honestly not sure how easy it is to actually stay out of the military when there's compelled service in any country. Draft evasion often carries significant risk.
I appreciate the sentiment, but results will vary.
Don't know about other countries, but in Apartheid-South Africa it was a very difficult thing if you were male, white and not rich. When I was a kid in small-town South Africa there was a conscientious objector living on our street. He was disabled - they had beaten him to such an extent that he was brain-damaged.
For the rich it was pretty easy - just ask Elon.
Palestine doesn't have a mandatory draft tho?
I think it's more the idea that nonviolence isn't saving them. You can swear off violence, Israel will kill you and your family anyways.
I mean, comparing the west bank which is (relatively) less violent to Gaza, and have a much better quality of life - doesn't make a good case of proving violence is the answer in that conflict.