• artyom@piefed.social
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    20 hours ago

    History tells us that for any coup to be successful, even a so-called “bloodless” coup, the military – or a critical mass thereof – must already be on board

    Name a time in history that a paid military has refused it’s orders.

    Imagine having to release the Epstein files because that is the lesser story

    They had to release them because they were legally compelled. They don’t give a shit about backlash or they never would have sent them in in the first place.

    He’s NOT doing this because the coup is already successful and we’ve all fallen in line

    Doing what? Sending ICE into Democrat run cities? No. He’s doing in part to exact vengeance, and in part in order to enact martial law and cancel the midterms. He’s not been subtle about this.

    I think you also may have forgotten that the US military is an entirely volunteer force.

    It is 0% volunteer. Everyone is well-compensated.

    People are in the US military because they choose to be.

    Most of them are dumb people who couldn’t think of a better option. Many joined just for the opportunity to get a license to bully, harrass and kill others.

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      5 hours ago

      Most of them are dumb people who couldn’t think of a better option. Many joined just for the opportunity to get a license to bully, harrass and kill others.

      That is definitely a sentence. 🙄

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          3 hours ago

          Most people who join the military do it because they have no other options. They come from counties where there is no work or hope. And the military gives them that. And the reason they will obey an order is because that’s how they were trained. It won’t be the grunts who will have to rebel, it will have to be Generals and Admirals, who will make that call.

      • edible_funk@sh.itjust.works
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        5 hours ago

        He isn’t wrong about the military. Best we can hope is the rank and file just kinda half asses or does whatever they’re doing incompetently, but all of the leadership (including all the people that actually determine the legality of orders) have been replaced with MAGAts. It will be down to boots on the street refusing to fire on civilians and I don’t for a second believe sanity will prevail.