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[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

nobility taking part in actual on-the-ground warfare.

Weren't Diana's kids as involved as they were allowed? Chopper pilots and medics and stuff?

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

Hats off to them! Where are the rest?

The US doesn't do conscription. We have something of an economic draft in this country. There's a whole different conversation to be had about that. I suspect a non-zero change to the frequency and motivations behind our deployments to follow if we make earning privilege compulsory. Our veterans services would likely look a fair bit different as well.