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Re:A brief glimpse at recent events in Egypt by JoeAltmaier on Monday August 07, 2023 @11:42AM (#37036000)
From a Utilitarian approach, it makes sense to leave the economy's more critical members in their roles (rich people, kind of) and put the fungible folks out in the field.

Not moral; not gonna say it's right. But societies that did this, won more wars. So they're the ones we have around today. Cultural natural selection of a sort. Like it or not.

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Re:A brief glimpse at recent events in Egypt by ostbender on Monday August 07, 2023 @12:04PM (#37036264)
Which societies did this? Up until ~100 years ago, it was common and expected for the elites to lead the people in times of war, from the frontlines!
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Re:A brief glimpse at recent events in Egypt by JoeAltmaier on Tuesday August 08, 2023 @10:06AM (#37049162)
Like, 2 or three rich men I guess.
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Re:A brief glimpse at recent events in Egypt by LordShredda on Monday August 07, 2023 @02:06PM (#37038225)
You tell me what a billionaire is doing for society
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Re:A brief glimpse at recent events in Egypt by JoeAltmaier on Tuesday August 08, 2023 @10:07AM (#37049170)
They were never going to be drafted.

We're talking about business owners, professionals. Folks who can easily afford that fee.

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