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https://shs.hal.science/halshs-00211288/file/Yugoslav_Wars_The_Revenge_of_the_Countryside.pdf

I think they copied a mountain-man hajduk aesthetic for historical/nationalistic reasons but the social base of the war crime battalions was "unsophisticated" people from the towns and cities - I would assume a lot of recent college grads without jobs, struggling small business owners and tradesmen