• Knoxvomica@lemmy.ca
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    20 hours ago

    So like, what happens if a subset of the troops don’t open fire on “leftists”? Is that the beginning of a civil war? There’s gotta be SOME folks with a conscious in the military.

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      17 hours ago

      Following Orders is deeply engrained in the military and obedience to authority is a hallmark of right-winger thought (they make up the bulk of the miliary). Unless it’s extremely heinous like “fire on this old folks home” most soldiers will probably go along with murder.

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        17 hours ago

        That’s sort of what I’m asking but not 100%, what happens when a subset of the troops you’re standing with start firing on the troops firing on civilians? How quickly does that spiral out of control?

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          It depends, I would guess. They usually source people from other regions so they don’t have any hang ups about shooting that city’s populace.