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A little "How many people were soldiers in ancient Rome" type searches gave me these numbers... 16% of adult males in the Roman mid-republic (https://en.wikipe
by 01HNNWZ0MV43FF 8mo ago
A little "How many people were soldiers in ancient Rome" type searches gave me these numbers...
16% of adult males in the Roman mid-republic (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_army_of_the_mid-Republic#Social_impact_of_military_service https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_army_of_the_mid-Republic...), call that 8% of adults of all genders.
Wikipedia says that there's about 1.34 million people in active duty in the US military, out of about 342 million people, 21.5% of which are under 18. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_the_United_Sta..., https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Armed_Forces https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Armed_Forces)
I think that's 0.5%? Down from 8% in ancient Rome?
- applfanboysbgon 8mo agoThat has little to do with technological advances, just the fact that the US is at an imperial peace; ie. it is under zero threat of invasion and is currently only engaged in small-scale imperial adventurism across the globe which does not require a large standing army. ~16% of adult Americans served in WW2, or ~33% of adult men.
- closewith 8mo agoIs Iran enjoying an imperial peace, too? Even including Aative + reserves + paramilitaries, less than 2% of Iranian adults are in the military.
- expedition32 8mo agoIran hasn't fought a ground war since the (America backed) Saddam invasion.
- closewith 8mo agoAnd what kind of advancement has allowed Iran to engage in numerous direct conflicts (ignoring the proxy wars) without engaging in invasion? At this point, I'm actually not sure if you're trolling or unironically don't get it?