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    Congress members get as many votes for war as they have draft-age family members. For each vote they cast, they must enlist 1 family member. Starting with their own children.

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        Some of em don’t care about their kids.

        As evidenced by their complete lack of concern regarding climate change.

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      Nah just ship the congressmen/women off with the infantry. Then they can see exactly what they’re voting for.

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      Given the low regard for their children and grandchildren they show when it comes to climate change, I doubt that would be an adequate deterrent.

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        Senators are (with few exceptions) extraordinarily wealthy. When climate change is destroying crops and making some areas uninhabitable, these senators’ families will still be living very comfortably.

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      I see an obvious exploit with this: congress members enlisting family members who would rather vote ‘No’ just so they can get more votes for their own choice.

      You might think “nobody would enlist their child to fight a war that they’re against” but I promise you, there are people like that.

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      many have already gladly voted yes for both many times. I don’t think that will stop enough of them.

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      We basically had that a century ago, before the nobility moved behind the scenes and became the 1%

      Unqualified scions were sent to the battlefield to gain military merits, which was generally bad for everyone. I’m pretty sure it only really stopped after WWI, when the death toll from combat started getting ridiculous