There's a lot of middle of nowhere to have them work, too.

Yep, they could put them to work on the new Silk Road. There is a lot of work to be done on it, but, the locals don’t always appreciate having Chinese relocate to their country. Malaysia comes to mind, right off hand.

Rothbardian_fanatic

I hope not, but they certainly wouldn't be the first to solve an idle young men problem that way.

I'd say there's a decent chance they do something like the New Deal and deploy those idle young men on remote public works projects.

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I hope not, but they certainly wouldn't be the first to solve an idle young men problem that way.

I'd say there's a decent chance they do something like the New Deal and deploy those idle young men on remote public works projects.