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OK, yes - lots of things are different but not everything. It has been a common theme throughout history that the ruling classes have been more keen on war than poor people. It makes sense because the rich have more to lose - power, status, wealth, etc. The very poor have nothing to lose.
Until we get to the Chechnya scenario where it is a long war, then everybody loses. But that's what sending arms Ukraine makes more likely to happen.
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So your question is why would people feel differently about the invasion and potential occupation and/or erasure of their own country than they would about a war being waged on another continent?