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by gunfighthacksaw 1520 days ago
Honour in this case is being imposed by the state, but Slavic cultures and national pride are 100% driving this too.

Some nations just won’t tolerate their men fleeing a crisis leaving women and kids behind, state or no state. Western Anglo/EU culture skews towards this, but not as hard.

Hence the broad support for them.