• PugJesus@kbin.socialOP
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    1 year ago

    Not made by me - I’d never compare the NOBLE VOLUNTEERS OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE with a bunch of Vatniks, and if I did, I’d note that Roman soldiers were protected against rape by their superiors - and Russian soldiers are not.

    But it is a good meme, so here you go.

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    1 year ago

    I wonder how many wars have been caused by politicians and the media vs. how many were genuinely started bottom up by regular people.

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      1 year ago

      Media’s a relatively recent tool. If you mean proper, national-scale wars, very few were set in motion by regular people. Before the era of the nation-state, most wars were over dynastic or feudal disputes, or else naked imperialism. Wars set in motion by regular people would’ve been more like clan feuds and the like, which, while often vicious, are generally not large enough to be historically noteworthy. Some religious rebellions and the like would’ve been started primarily by ordinary people, like the Hussite Wars.