Agreed on the Iraq example. One of the things that ancient European nobility got right was to put their own children in the front lines as low or middle level a

Agreed on the Iraq example. One of the things that ancient European nobility got right was to put their own children in the front lines as low or middle level army officers. The rank lieutenant literaly comes from the French for "land owner". That way, if it came to the worst, peasant and lord may mourn together; the social fabric remained (mostly) unharmed. Which is what I expected to hint the the mention of Guillotin: the French Revolution. That did not happend because of social injustice. No human society has ever been 100% fair, -and probably none will, ever,- and most people is able to accept that without making a fuss about it. The problem with the Ancien Regime back then, -which is the same problem with financial elites nowadays,- is that they have become increasingly detached from the realities of their decisions for the rank and file, even to the point of cluelessness.