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Re:The UAE’s secret hacking team of U.S. mercenaries by billfruit on Friday February 01, 2019 @08:51AM (#19054033)
I read somewhere that during the early years of the US government, well into the 19th century, the govt was very wary of such a military caste getting established, and many well qualified individuals were denied commissions because their fathers/grand fathers/other immediate family had held commissions.
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Re:The UAE’s secret hacking team of U.S. mercenaries by MisterOctober on Friday February 01, 2019 @09:41AM (#19054402)
No doubt they were wary -- in fact, that attitude persisted well into the 20th century at least - for example, while he doesn't explicitly call out family dynasties and the military caste, those concerns clearly inform Eisenhower's thinking in his famous "military-industrial complex" cautionary speech:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyBNmecVtdU

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