what does author of Albion's Seeds David Fischer mean by "determinants of a volunteer society"?
A volunteer society can have many outcomes, depending on who and what the volunteers are doing. An army using mercenaries is in jeopardy of losing its forces to the highest bidder. Nuns volunteering to educate did so to educate;but too often overcooked it with overly harsh discipline etc.
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