Intellectual Conservatism and Class Bias against Soldiers

Jordan Hayes jmhayes at j-o-r-d-a-n.com
Wed May 12 10:02:55 PDT 1999


From mairead at mindspring.com Wed May 12 09:59:04 1999

Imagine a country today that treated its soldiers much as did

the Roman Empire: food, clothing, shelter, *long* enlistments,

no benefits afterward apart from the freehold of a tiny farm

out in the subjugated boonies. Imagine, too, that violence for

any reason were strongly deprecated, such that anyone going

into the army would get a status rather like the public hangman

-- shunned socially.

On the other hand, how about the Swiss system: make *everyone* be responsible in some way for the defense of the country. Then it would be no big deal who was a 'soldier' or not.

/jordan



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