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[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 31 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Kropp, on the other hand, is more philosophical. He reckons that all declarations of war ought to be made into a kind of festival, with entrance tickets and music, like they have at bullfights. Then the ministers and generals of the two countries would have to come into the ring, wearing boxing shorts, and armed with rubber truncheons, and have a go at each other. Whoever is left on his feet, his country is declared the winner. That would be simpler and fairer than things are out here, where the wrong people are fighting each other.

- All Quiet on the Western Front

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Forget that. They need to face the same stakes that they’ve forced millions of other people to face. Deadly force. Put them through the same grueling conditions, and the cost of failure is death.

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

I assume Kropp was intentionally treating the leaders with more compassion than they treat their citizens.

[–] HappycamperNZ@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

So we should have a political system where the physically strongest get elected leader? Or would it be a elected position?

Current US election aside

[–] BallsandBayonets@lemmings.world 4 points 1 month ago

It wouldn't be a great system, but it would automatically have excluded the Toupee so it's a better system than we have now.