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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They could just send their excess men to the disputed border where they can just hit each other with sticks.

[–] Leo_agiad 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That is the traditional solution, the alternative being insurrection. Sitting governments, for obvious reasons, generally choose your option.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Starship troopers has a line in it that the crusades were created by population pressure (primarily young men being denied a good chance at a future).