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Are you sure about that? History shows us that typically, soldiers will fight for whoever guarantees their pay. Combined with this; https://en.wikipedia.org/
by ionised 9y ago
Are you sure about that?
History shows us that typically, soldiers will fight for whoever guarantees their pay.
Combined with this;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milgram_experiment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milgram_experiment
it shows that money, orders and chain of command are powerful motivators.
These are normal, good people who signed up to protect us.
I wouldn't put that number anywhere near 99%. Probably closer to 50%. Maybe even lower.
I'm sure the people in any given totalitarian regime once thought the same way about their armed forces.