That is scary that the military is rife with Trump supporters. When I was living in France 40 years ago I had several discussions about compulsory military service. Most French people supported it because they said then the army will support the average citizens. A volunteer Army will give their loyalty to their commanders, even if they…
That is scary that the military is rife with Trump supporters. When I was living in France 40 years ago I had several discussions about compulsory military service. Most French people supported it because they said then the army will support the average citizens. A volunteer Army will give their loyalty to their commanders, even if they are asked to fire upon citizens. I hope we don't have to find it if that's true.
We have a volunteer-contract system that tends to harvest more conservatives *in the Marine Corps and Army* compared to non-white/non-conservative members. Sure other groups belong to both the USMC & US Army, but they are far and away eclipsed by the number of white conservatives serving specifically in *combat branch* jobs. If liberals joined the military more--especially as pre-college enlisted members--things wouldn't look this way. But because liberals loath violence in general, they are eclipsed by their conservative neighbors in terms of who is more capable of coordinated violence as a group. If American liberals don't train with firearms, continue to allow the violent branches of government to be occupied by hardcore conservatives, and don't address either of these two rates of change, then it's going to be *really* easy for conservative authoritarians to rise to power and not give it up here. Remember, the paid volunteers you rely on to keep bad actors in check don't always share the same viewpoints as you do--see the FBI/DHS downplaying the Jan 6 rally and over-reacting to Antifa--and that the rule of law is only as strong as the dudes with guns willing to enforce it. This ain't your daddy's American electorate from the decadent 90's.
"We all went off to college to fuck each other and do drugs in the 2000's, how is it that the government we decided not to care much about suddenly became overrun with Trump conservatives you guys????" - Surprised liberals today
That is scary that the military is rife with Trump supporters. When I was living in France 40 years ago I had several discussions about compulsory military service. Most French people supported it because they said then the army will support the average citizens. A volunteer Army will give their loyalty to their commanders, even if they are asked to fire upon citizens. I hope we don't have to find it if that's true.
We have a volunteer-contract system that tends to harvest more conservatives *in the Marine Corps and Army* compared to non-white/non-conservative members. Sure other groups belong to both the USMC & US Army, but they are far and away eclipsed by the number of white conservatives serving specifically in *combat branch* jobs. If liberals joined the military more--especially as pre-college enlisted members--things wouldn't look this way. But because liberals loath violence in general, they are eclipsed by their conservative neighbors in terms of who is more capable of coordinated violence as a group. If American liberals don't train with firearms, continue to allow the violent branches of government to be occupied by hardcore conservatives, and don't address either of these two rates of change, then it's going to be *really* easy for conservative authoritarians to rise to power and not give it up here. Remember, the paid volunteers you rely on to keep bad actors in check don't always share the same viewpoints as you do--see the FBI/DHS downplaying the Jan 6 rally and over-reacting to Antifa--and that the rule of law is only as strong as the dudes with guns willing to enforce it. This ain't your daddy's American electorate from the decadent 90's.
"We all went off to college to fuck each other and do drugs in the 2000's, how is it that the government we decided not to care much about suddenly became overrun with Trump conservatives you guys????" - Surprised liberals today
Kent State says hello.
So does My Lai and Haditha.
That is very reassuring.