I care about making a difference; I do not care whether or not you think I'm a man.

Obviously, money is more than mere virtue signaling. And I'm pretty good at making money.

One of the clever things the Ukrainian government has done is found ways to declare lots of highly paid people "essential workers", exempt from the draft. If you're paying a lot more than the usual share of taxes, obviously your money maybe worth more than your skills in a trench.