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It's not great, but worth recognizing that it's a notion as old as democracy itself. See ancient Athens, Greece. Among the many other requirements that made vot
by evanjrowley 1y ago
It's not great, but worth recognizing that it's a notion as old as democracy itself. See ancient Athens, Greece. Among the many other requirements that made voting exclusive, only men who had completed military service were granted the right to vote.
- catigula 1y agoRight, but comparing the American army and strategic military positioning as a nation to those societies is more than a little comical. These societies literally couldn't have existed without military service. America has a very difficult time making a similar case, and, often, the case is really difficult to make that they aren't actively harmful.
- runlaszlorun 1y agoI think it would be interested if only those who had completed military service could vote to go to war since I think you'd def see less of them. That said, I don't see this actually happening.