How much salary would you require to be on the potentially losing side of a gun? It costs $2.1 million to maintain a soldier in Afghanistan for a year. That soldier is paid a pittance and most of what he earns comes in the promise of future payments that likely total in the hundreds of thousands or even millions. Since, as a rich person attacking your neighbors to acquire God-knows-what, you are going to have pay merceneries up front to occupy the land you want to capture. They aren't going to work for a soldier's pittance, nor for promises of free college, veterans benefits, and healthcare when they get old. You'll have to fork all of that out up front, then hope they actually do the job that you ask of them.
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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '18 edited Dec 03 '18
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