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No crazier than that the old can vote to send the young to war.

A little crazier — the old were once young, and could have been voted into a war themselves.

Trans people exist. So: Some women were treated by law as "once men, and could have been voted into a war themselves

Footnote: But not necessarily felt to be correctly labeled men, ever in life.

Body dysmorphia is a mental illness.

And yet the vast majority of combat veterarans are very anti-war.

Which combat veterans?

My grandpa (ww2) was one of them. He helped my father dodge the draft, when he was supposed to go to military service.

Why don’t presidents fight the war; why do they always send the poor?