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Originally Posted by soon2bepro
Well you have a lot more time to choose from, so yeah. But really wars were not more frequent under monarchical rule. And what's most important, wars were battles between royal armies, unlike nowadays where the whole civil population of the opposing country is used for target practice, or worse. In most cases there was mass conscription going on at both sides, too; something rarely and scarcely ever seen under monarchical rule.
They all did, and that's a good thing when compared to having democratically elected temporary rulers. I explained why this is. They kept almost 100% of the taxes.
And the wars started by democracies?
Counting just since the end of WWII, a period of less than 70 years, and counting only wars initiated by the US, there's over 50 examples.
Jesus... You have no idea about military history either. War wasn't some sanitary stand up conflict between 'royal armies' in any time period in human history. If you go back before your arbitrary time frame (and just before it no less) you have the hundred years war... when both sides had a fun romp through the french countryside looting and pillaging.
There's the verb 'sack' which is used to describe the systematic looting, raping, and destroying of a city that has been conquered by your army. Kings often barely paid their war making armies... They just turned them loose on the enemies civilian population and let them pay themselves through looting.
Mass conscription was absolutely standard under every king. They would demand troops from their nobles... and their nobles would deliver troops to them. Where do you think those soldiers came from? The Knights of the Round Table showing up (all 12 or whatever of them) to fight a carefully organized melee with the other side?
Dude have you seen Braveheart? Have you ever read a history book? You're a ****ing idiot.
EDIT: Royalties complete disregard for the lives of commoners was obvious in their taxation, their privileges, and how they made war. They would victimize the other sides common people until the other side lost the ability to make war. This is very similar to bombing campaigns during modern conflicts... Except in this case it's carried out by hand, on foot, up close and personal.
Last edited by BoredSocial; 06-27-2012 at 09:15 PM.