The Tomorrow War (2021)
bcreed08 4 points 3 years ago. (Contains Spoilers)

Its even worse than that. Every single person they pull from the past exponentially decreases the population in the future. Pulling people from the past is probably the reason they have a troops shortage to begin with. Its the most idiotic plan I have ever heard. If the troops shortage was really the primary issue they should have sent people from the future to impregnate people in the past thereby increasing the future population or just sent couples back in time to have families and raise more children that would be fighting age by the time the war broke out.

etim 2 points 3 years ago*. (Contains Spoilers)

The ppl in the past were already gearing up manufacturing, research, breeding, etc. ever since the 1st time soldiers appeared to them on the soccer field, gave ‘em the warning AND a bunch of future tech.

They were able to check every draftee’s future to see what wd happen if they stayed. Heavy breeders likely got deferments. The ones sent to the future were all past their peak reproductive ages so better they go off to fight than get in the younger breeders’ way.

The ppl from the future were already severely shorthanded by when the time machine was built. Soldiers from the future were better used to fight rather than breed (besides, they were already the product of the past’s breeding programs—and inbreeding wd be a danger).

The younger men living in the past wd be more than happy and willing to fulfill their patriotic duties of increased breeding. No more monogamy, bang like bunnies? Sign me up, sir!

A butterfly effect? They were trying for a butterfly effect to change a future that o/wise was total annihilation.