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The major militaries are usually run by governments that have laws that they can enforce without using their militaries. Or do you want other countries to inva
by lallysingh 8y ago
The major militaries are usually run by governments that have laws that they can enforce without using their militaries.
Or do you want other countries to invade the US because they don't like what facebook is doing?
- int_19h 8y agoAnd what does "run" mean, exactly? Right now, some states in US can't even make their own law enforcement enforce some of the laws their legislatures (or, in some cases, referendums) have passed recently: https://psmag.com/social-justice/what-happens-if-sheriffs-refuse-to-enforce-state-gun-control-laws https://psmag.com/social-justice/what-happens-if-sheriffs-re... We got so abstract in our reasoning about governments and social contracts that we're starting to forget that "political power grows out of the barrel of a gun".
- lallysingh 8y agoThe ones that pay for the soldiers. Unless they plan on looting the populace, they're going to need money.
- int_19h 8y agoAnd what do you think happens when the soldiers realize that they could take more by force, and have no ideological justification remaining to prevent them from doing so?
- lallysingh 8y agoUnless you're talking about the US Army, there's always someone bigger.