>The premise is that the occupying government is treacherous. They will appeal to false nationalism and even carry out false flag operations to justify conscription and mobilize people.
The masses are stupid, blindly obedient to authority, hedonistic, and easily tamed by the supply of bread and circuses. While the degree varies, this is true in every country.
However, once conscription occurs, matters cease to be someone else's problem for the conscripted population, and the politicization of "politics" by the masses accelerates, extending even to their parents' generation. And their hollow nationalist rhetoric turns its fangs on these professional traitors.
This is especially true in countries that have emphasized their identity as peaceful nations, breaking with their past identities as militaristic states characterized by conscription and the like. Such abrupt policy shifts rapidly radicalize politics, exposing the lying hypocritical traitors left behind.
Based.