well, it's not incoherent to give a volunteer supplies, or even a basic stipend to cover supplies... If the 200,000 she mentioned was rubles, that's not even $2,200, that's not a soldier's pay, that's a small stipend—especially if they don't give you a uniform or even fucking feed you.

[–] jmp242@sopuli.xyz 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This feels so 1700s. Like the revolutionary war where the volunteers just kind of showed up with whatever they had.

[–] danhakimi@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

This feels so 1700s. Like the revolutionary war where the volunteers just kind of showed up with whatever they had.

well... uh, they weren't all volunteers.

[–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

In this context, volunteer means signed up voluntarily, rather than drafted. They're still paid.