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Could you imagine if ol' bone spurs had actually went to Vietnam?
I can't. If fortunate sons were sent to wars, there'd be no wars.
While I agree with the sentiment, you don't have to go much more than 100 years back before it was common that the upper class led armies more or less from the front. For long stretches of history, leading from the front and in general being in the army has been one of the ways the upper class has held on to its power.
Cool that's not how it works now
The point is that history has shown us that people will wage war for profit even if it means putting themselves and their children at risk by being directly involved in hostilities.
The whole "we wouldn't have wars if rich people and their kids had to fight in them" idea just doesn't hold up to historical precedent. People with power are likely to start wars regardless, because they see it as a means of increasing their power.
Good point. I did not look too far back indeed. It would be interesting to know at what point that shift happened. Was it because of a weapons upgrade, or the increased complexity of the state, or ... ?
To be fair it probably came from the fact that armies that protected strategic leaders at the expense of common soldiers were, over time, more effective. Military doctrine has a tendency to shift towards whatever works best, because the armies that don't adopt it lose wars and don't get to keep fighting.
I'm making a guess but probably about the point somebody in a perch half a mile away could snipe said leader who was obviously showing rank and "leading from the front" haha.
Would an archer be able to do that? A spearman? Happened in 300 but I doubt that was accurate ;)
Grenading hopefully.
The suspension of disbelief that this giant orange milksop would ever enlist or fight for anything is too great, sorry.