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2015-08-31 Fifth Column

Female soldier tells mourning mother 'rich people don't become soldiers, don't die'

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Posted by Fred 2015-08-31 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 Back in the old days, you had fill a military position for title, lands, and relative wealth. The 'rich' lead from the front or were expected to. 'Knighted' meant something. Somehow the clerical staff and (political) clergy seems to have bagged that setup.

Posted by Procopius2k 2015-08-31 00:21|| 2015-08-31 00:21|| Front Page Top

#2 Now the rich become politicians.

Posted by Bobby 2015-08-31 07:07|| 2015-08-31 07:07|| Front Page Top

#3 Now the rich go to work for NGO's.

Posted by ed in texas 2015-08-31 07:55|| 2015-08-31 07:55|| Front Page Top

#4 ...which are convenient finishing-schools for politics.

Posted by Pappy 2015-08-31 11:21|| 2015-08-31 11:21|| Front Page Top

#5 Under the Normans if you were poor but big enough and willing to risk it all you could go to war and lift yourself up a notch or two. Yeah they had a bunch of unnecessary wars but they avoided the feudal conscription of earlier eras and created a very effective military in the process.

Posted by rjschwarz 2015-08-31 15:21|| 2015-08-31 15:21|| Front Page Top

#6 Cue Fortunate Son - CCR

Posted by BrerRabbit 2015-08-31 18:32|| 2015-08-31 18:32|| Front Page Top

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