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They are perhaps incorrectly assuming the security team with all the weaponry will remain loyal to them.
by ceejayoz 2mo ago
They are perhaps incorrectly assuming the security team with all the weaponry will remain loyal to them.
- bpodgursky 2mo agoSure. Who knows. But, historically, strongmen/chieftains have not had incredible trouble keeping their goons under control. Most threats from from palace coups not popular revolt. Most normal people in uncertain times like order and aren't going to flip the table on a system that gives them stability, food and shelter.
- ceejayoz 2mo ago> But, historically, strongmen/chieftains have not had incredible trouble keeping their goons under control. Sure. But some of them seize power from others on their way up via force.
- nemomarx 2mo agoWould "one of you promises the security team better conditions if they kill a rival" not be how palace coups usually work?
- GolfPopper 2mo agoMy recollection from Roman history is that was certainly a part of it, but that 'I command the palace guard, so I should command the empire' also played a large role.
- stymaar 2mo ago> historically, strongmen/chieftains have Yup, but those aren't the same people as the one who get to become tech billionaires.
- sensanaty 2mo agoAnd these meek little SV nerds are strongmen?
- john_strinlai 2mo agothat's probably dependent on the specific genre of collapse we get to enjoy