Meanwhile in Western society, 40% don’t believe in evolution, flat-earthism and “birds are drones” have moved from silly jokes into serious movements, and a significant minority of people think that COVID was a hoax and the vaccines were made to implant mind-control chips.

No wonder China has surged ahead… even an authoritarian state can easily leapfrog a society crippled by anti-intellectualism, alternative facts, and cultivated ignorance.

If I wanted a truly minimal phone, I would go for the Rotary Un-Phone.

• https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyudmila_Pavlichenko
• https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariya_Oktyabrskaya
• https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_Witches
• https://www.timesofisrael.com/embargo-1300-idf-solidifies-role-of-all-female-tank-crew-after-two-year-trial-deemed-a-success/amp/
• https://www.airforce.com/origin-story

Aside from infantrymen and marines who might need to hump 100+kg of gear across rough terrain and run the risk of engaging in close-quarters and possibly even hand-to-hand combat, modern weapons largely negates the strength advantage of men.

100% of all support roles and probably up to 80% of all combat roles can be employed by women without any degradation of direct combat effectiveness.

Conscription should not be

Exactly! But… where it already exists, and is needed, why should it be bigoted and sexist?

And that justifies treating men as disposable assets of war?

Some of the best combatants in modern warfare - and no few in historical warfare - have been female.

Conscription should not be bigoted and sexist.

There are plenty of potential recruits left.

They just don’t have the political stomach to implement true equality. So they continue to treat men as disposable.