Alt-text: Screenshot of a social media post. It shows a promotional image for Bob Vylan’s live performance at Glastonbury, showing text that it is scheduled for Saturday from 14:30 to 15:30 at West Holts. The image features two smiling members of the band against a purple background with BBC and Glastonbury logos. Text above is written by the band (with a verified check mark) and reads, “Turns out we’re finally at a point where the BBC trust us on live tv! Watch us live either in the field or in the comfort of your own home!”
You have every right to go to jail or flee instead. And in my opinion, a moral obligation.
“My death empire will detain me a little if I don’t abet the mass murder of children” is not a good excuse.
Fleeing is only an option for the rich - as Elon demonstrated when he skipped Apartheid-South Africa (the same Apartheid-South Africa that allowed his family to grow filthy rich) before the SADF could get him.
For all practical purposes, so is going to jail as a conscientous objector - you’re going to need that wealth since you’ll be ostracised and utterly incapable of finding paid work after or even ever if you’re just lower working class. That’s how it worked in Apartheid-South Africa, at least.
None of this matters, of course. The unwilling conscripts and the enthusiastic volunteers all wear the same uniforms. There is very little room for these kinds of qualms when the bullets are flying - it’s war. If I was a Palestinian, none of this would cause me to hesitate in any way whatsoever.