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== Real Life == |
== Real Life == |
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* At the start of [[World War I]] general was largely a political position for most countries and as a result many countries had generals whose only qualifications were being upper class and connected, most had never seen combat and sent men to their deaths in hopes of glorious victories. This was a major contributor to the war being the mess it was. |
* At the start of [[World War I]] general was largely a political position for most countries and as a result many countries had generals whose only qualifications were being upper class and connected, most had never seen combat and sent men to their deaths in hopes of glorious victories. This was a major contributor to the war being the mess it was. |
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**That is an example of how a societal institution can run out it's efficiency. In their heyday aristocrats were far more brutal but the difficulty of keeping trained warriors without rewarding them with privilege gave them a social purpose, while war was so common that a considerable portion of those who weren't any good at it would have been weeded out by [[Asskicking Equals Authority]]. Even in [[World War I]] several of the upper class folk were reasonably able. But the lack of a war had allowed rot in much of the system. |
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