• april
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    535 hours ago

    Why do they always send the poor?

      • @RagingRobot
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        73 hours ago

        I saw a picture of George Washington leading troops on a crappy boat. Why isn’t Biden out on a crappy boat somewhere? Lol

        • MinusPi (she/they)
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          125 minutes ago

          Why wasn’t Trump? Why wasn’t Obama? Why wasn’t Bush? It’s hardly just Biden.

          • @RagingRobot
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            216 minutes ago

            I wasn’t singling him out he is just the current president and I can’t imagine him in that position lol.

            I like Joe.

        • @captainlezbian
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          62 hours ago

          Because he wasn’t president then. Eisenhower led troops as did Grant

          • @Wogi
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            11 hour ago

            George Washington did lead troops one time as president, with the secretary of the Treasury at his side.

            There was a little revolt over taxes on whiskey and when he showed up they surrendered.

          • @[email protected]
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            32 hours ago

            Yea there’s no way the first person over a wall wouldn’t get immediately mercd by everyone on top who isn’t fighting anyone yet.

    • @BMTea
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      42 hours ago

      Great question. See, a farmer can’t stay behind and command the state because he is a farmer. The heads of state and the elite cannot all perish in trenches because then all that would remain are farmers. Established heirarchy for organizational power was invented probably by whatever primates we evolved from, and is observed among even some other species of primate.

      • @Maggoty
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        41 hour ago

        Our country was built on well educated farmers taking up positions of governance. We’d be fine.

    • @ivanafterall
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      34 hours ago

      Because they’re worth less, obviously!