Comments on: To Know Contractors, Know Government https://www.isegoria.net/2014/07/to-know-contractors-know-government-2/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Mon, 01 Jun 2026 14:48:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Rollory https://www.isegoria.net/2014/07/to-know-contractors-know-government-2/comment-page-1/#comment-1350037 Rollory Thu, 17 Jul 2014 14:31:19 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=35541#comment-1350037 In the early 1700s much of Europe allied against Louis XIV’s France, invading France. He sent out a call for volunteers to fight for the defense of the national family honor. The result was the victory of Malplaquet.

Can anybody seriously imagine Americans signing up to fight “for God and country” and maybe rations, and nothing else?

At the final siege of Constantinople, approximately 1% of the city’s populations actually took up weapons to fight.

When the Germanic tribes invaded Roman Gaul, the Gallo-Romans essentially did nothing whatsoever to stop them. The result was the Frankish kingdom.

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