• @grue@lemmy.world
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    71 day ago

    I’m just thinking about how various European militaries used to give dipshit aristocrats officer commissions back in the day, until they got curb-stomped by Napoleon or whoever and figured out it wasn’t such a great idea.

    • @Madison420@lemmy.world
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      41 day ago

      Not generally given, bought. You used to buy your commission in the military, and yes it went exactly as you’d think buying merit goes.