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A related point is that we used to have conscription and it was much harder to get elected if you didn't have a good record of service. This meant that leaders
by dreamfactory 13y ago
A related point is that we used to have conscription and it was much harder to get elected if you didn't have a good record of service. This meant that leaders thought much harder about going to war and there was a genuine political cost in that the masses had a better grasp on the implications.