Re: But...but
"...Athenian "democracy". In that State, not only did citizen soldiers have to supply all their equipment including transport (which is why only a small percentage had the vote)"
Err, no. In classical Athens, all free Athenian male adults had the vote, regardless of whether they could afford weapons or armour. As for transport, most Athenian soldiers walked (as did Spartan, Theban, Corinthian, Argive etc etc soldiers).
The idea that you have to have guns and automobiles to be a citizen is modern American.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
