> Most soldiers were just ordinary untrained men.

It’s unclear what era or region you’re talking about, but during the High Middle Ages in Europe before democracy existed, which is what I was referring to, training depended on social standing. For knights, this was a career. Regardless, training is not that important when the weapons themselves were inaccessible. Easy access to easy to use weapons helped change bargaining power for the masses

To be clear, this was not the only reason I claimed democracy spread. It’s partly why

But anyway, give a few companies all the “powerful AI” I guess, for “safety”