What’s good for the goose…

  • SabinStargem@lemmy.today
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    18 hours ago

    I think we should go a step further. All politicians of significant office, should automatically have their children conscripted and participate on the front lines of the war. That would make them a bit more circumspect of what they are asking from the rank and file.

    • Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      11 hours ago

      And the kids shouldn’t go in as officers in a cushy office job far from the front. Send their asses close to where the fighting is, even if it’s not a combat role.

      • SabinStargem@lemmy.today
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        10 hours ago

        I figure the pampered ones could do as clerks, janitorial staff, cargo movers, and so forth. Just being close to the reaper’s scythe should be good enough to make the elite feel uneasy about their spawn’s future.

    • Phoenixz@lemmy.ca
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      14 hours ago

      That should just be a basic rule for any politician in any country.

      You send people to war? Your kids first. Guy or girl, I don’t care, I support feminism everywhere so here too.

    • explodicle@sh.itjust.works
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      17 hours ago

      I sincerely doubt the ghouls love their children as much as they love power. This policy would deter support of Ukraine but not deter support of Israel.