This continued all the way through the 20th century, where the disposable deplorables did the fighting while the aristocracy profited. The upper classes volunt

This continued all the way through the 20th century, where the disposable deplorables did the fighting while the aristocracy profited. The upper classes volunteered enthusiastically for WW1 and died in vast numbers in the trenches along with the commoners. Perhaps because they had come to believe their own myths of honour and glory.