Yes, the government is urging domestic enterprises to pool funds and place orders with armed companies to lease armies for warfare. Such an abstract concept is the true color of this era.
As early as the early 21st century, France took the lead in privatizing its military, allowing anyone to pay for military protection, under the guise of liberalization.
This move resulted in a short-term rapid rise in GDP, and the government no longer needed to pay a large military expenditure annually, shifting this burden onto society.
Then, other countries rushed to imitate and completed their military transformations. The days when the national government could order you to enlist with a single edict are gone for good.
The subsequent breakdown in order, military degradation, and grassroots turmoil were just minor pains of the era, and could be endured.
Honestly, when Lin Miao read about this part of history, he laughed bitterly.
A group of such insects
