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But here is the thing: conscripts is everybody, including the best of the best. Professional soldiers have a tendency to not come from ivy league schools, and a
by elygre 10y ago
But here is the thing: conscripts is everybody, including the best of the best. Professional soldiers have a tendency to not come from ivy league schools, and are often recruited from the less well off parts of society (citation needed).
You probably won't find Gates, Zuckerberg or Jobs in the US Army, but he quite possibly would have been in the Swedish one.
- FullMtlAlcoholc 10y ago> You probably won't find Gates, Zuckerberg or Jobs in the US Army In a conflict like WW2, you would find individuals like that in the Armed forces.
- maus42 10y agoWell, in WW2 US had a draft too...
- ArkyBeagle 10y agoReal professional soldiers come from the Service Academies and while they're different from Gates & Zuckerberg, they are among our nations finest people, at least when hubris doesn't get 'em.