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bilsbie 2 days ago

Seems crazy that women can vote to send men to war.

logicchains 2 days ago | parent [-]

No crazier than that the old can vote to send the young to war.

SauntSolaire 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

A little crazier — the old were once young, and could have been voted into a war themselves.

a3w 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

Trans people exist. So: Some women were treated by law as "once men, and could have been voted into a war themselves

Footnote: But not necessarily felt to be correctly labeled men, ever in life.

	▲	hypertele-Xii 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		Body dysmorphia is a mental illness.

Ylpertnodi 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

And yet the vast majority of combat veterarans are very anti-war.

HappyPanacea 2 days ago | parent [-]

Which combat veterans?

	▲	dranudin 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		My grandpa (ww2) was one of them. He helped my father dodge the draft, when he was supposed to go to military service.

mr_toad 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Why don’t presidents fight the war; why do they always send the poor?