And, yes, like a crossbow as opposed to a longbow But for that exact reason crossbows tended to get branded as sinister or dishonorable weapons
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And then it gets more complicated when one side says “we outnumber you” and the other says “we have horses and castles” and on and on. Democracy, just like war, is a money fight.
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Yeah I remember there was a thing where rival Renaissance Italian city states would fight whole wars by hiring rotating mercenary armies to maneuver and posture until one side surrendered. Deaths would be in the single digits, usually guys falling off horses and drowning in mud
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arguably, we have continued that practice with the "great games" played by superpowers what was SDI but a grand and bloodless show of might
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