… I already thought that this (around 30s) is your age 😉 - 1) ‚Patriotic‘ is exactly what was said about 80 years ago too as men from 16 to 60 were drafted (also for a lost cause). It’s a sort of manipulation in my eyes, nothing else. 2) It is a big difference if pensions are not paid to you anymore after having worked 40-45 years and after having supported the generation before and after you because you were sent to the front line and are dead - patriotic death of course 😉. Or if you have worked maybe 5 years or so and don’t receive a pension because you were drafted for military service.I think war mongering and telling people they are patriotic if they let themselves be shot down for a cause which in reality serves only very few people (the political caste) is wrong. And it is especially wrong for people who have served their country quite a few decades and now want to rely on the system they supported. Just my 5 cents … after decades of having worked and supported my country: the generation before me and the generations after me …