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Re:The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Gov... by maho_hiyajo on Monday February 03, 2025 @09:03PM (#42926610)
When a ruler becomes authoritarian and fascist, the military has usually sided with that ruler historically.
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Re:The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Gov... by ethbr1 on Monday February 03, 2025 @09:31PM (#42926931)
Usually because that leader financially rewards military leaders.

That'd be a major change in the US.

Not that it couldn't happen, but military peers would feel some kind of way about their superiors who did that.

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