That isn't actually a precedent for what you're saying, unless the UK at that point was sufficiently undemocratic that the lower classes you're saying participa

That isn't actually a precedent for what you're saying, unless the UK at that point was sufficiently undemocratic that the lower classes you're saying participated in the war at a lower rate didn't have a say in the decision to fight it. It's also a bit presumptuous of you to assume that anyone posting this kind of thing on Hacker News has never had "skin in the game." I was still part of the 1st CAV headquarters in 2014 when we sent two brigades to Estonia in response to Russia invading Crimea. Military veterans are not exactly unheard of in software development or any other field of work. And, for what it's worth, I don't believe my vote should be worth more than yours because of that. We're not living in the world of Starship Troopers.