ancient tribal warfare led to 50%+ of men being killed in combat. Industrial is less than 10%
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meme is talking about modern warfare exerting special selection pressures
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Counter-point being that total war (after french-rev) necessarily expands combatants
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Sure, except that it's really easy to dodge the draft and has been since 1792
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so warfare in the modern age hasnt expanded the the % of male pop who saw combat?
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The medieval era was characterized by professional soldier class not total war
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The draft wasnt selecting for anything except for broad qualities in young men
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that BLACK - MENTAL category is harsh though
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and CARDIO
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