Recruiting of the Rich Down?

This long winded piece about how the more well-to-do are not sending there kids off to war acts like it's some sort of new revalation to the world. Every country, in every war throughout time that I'm aware of has suffered through the same malady.
I am thinking about when the rich were the warriors, back in the past. The days of the Teutonic Knights? Yes. The Roman Army? Some of them.
But by and large, the wars fought for the politicians have been fought by the less fortunate in society.
The officers are the rich and educated, and the foot soldiers are the cannon fodder. It's history, just repeating itself.
I guess Terry M Neal doesn't read much history.

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