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There's already some evidence of friction between military and the (in)corporate Congress. Military folks are made up of people who live in and grew up in econo
by abysmallyideal 10y ago
There's already some evidence of friction between military and the (in)corporate Congress. Military folks are made up of people who live in and grew up in economically difficult situations, and as the US civilian gov and their intelligence orgs continue their strengthening of alignment with corporate interests (profit above all else) the friction is going to build like the rising waters.
Edit: cliche, but history has such examples. The military is becoming more aligned with the needs of economically lower classes, while the political, corporate elites and their intelligence orgs align with their own interests of profit, money and the ruling class. One such example was ex military personnel targetting the "elites system of oppression" by force, where the prison systems make them billions/year with labour costing pennies on the dollar.
The fall of the Roman Republic is one such historical occurrence where the military became more aligned with the common citizen than their own republic government.
- Gravityloss 10y agoHow about this theory: The military is not democratic in its internal organization, so the lower ranks don't have much say. And the "revolving door" phenomenon with defense industry will make sure the top brass can be influenced. It resembles more a corrupt banana state than a hope for equality...
- abysmallyideal 10y agoYea, the US' military is run by the same clique of people. McArthur, is one such example who has the privilege of being one of the only commanders to lead a military attack against US Veterans over the fear the ruling class of the time had of ret. General Butler. If an uprising happened in the US military, then the pampered generals and their sycophants would do everything they can to squash it.
- kwhitefoot 10y ago> The fall of the Roman Republic is one such historical occurrence where the military became more aligned with the common citizen than their own republic government. Really? Some references would be good.
- AlgorithmicTime 10y agoNot really. The fall of the Roman Republic was ultimately due to the intransigence of the Senate and the transfer of the loyalties of the Legions from the state to their individual generals.