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Another thing to consider is that the majority of recruits to the army are drawn from the lower economic strata of society. The army has always (in the pre- and modern era) provided a route into training and education for people who would not have that opportunity otherwise.
My problem is, and always has been, with the politicians who make the decision to go to war. Though merc may not be an example of this, soldiers are and always have been primarily the same social class as workers.
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