michaelrc
Dagobah Resident
@bjorn I mean.. we have to get back down to the nuts and bolts of how things actually are.
The average soldier is just a normal dude in uniform who's gone through some training and been made part of a wider machine. He's not some righteous dude who's made of like outstanding character. No need to elevate them to some thing they aren't.
The military is all about the chain of command. The average soldier won't be defying any Generals... The average soldier probably doesn't even have direct access to any General given their place in the chain of command.
Chances are the boots on the ground WON'T revolt against the Generals. If we're talking probability and likelihood, these are the chances!
@bjorn I mean.. we have to get back down to the nuts and bolts of how things actually are.
The average soldier is just a normal dude in uniform who's gone through some training and been made part of a wider machine. He's not some righteous dude who's made of like outstanding character. No need to elevate them to some thing they aren't.
The military is all about the chain of command. The average soldier won't be defying any Generals... The average soldier probably doesn't even have direct access to any General given their place in the chain of command.
Chances are the boots on the ground WON'T revolt against the Generals. If we're talking probability and likelihood, these are the chances!
That's a broad brush approach in depicting the average American soldier, as a former marine I'd venture more toward describing them as anarchist and very capable of malicious compliance when their constitution is at stake. . . And it very well is.