Discussion about this post

User's avatar
Honourary's avatar

This is exactly how the world currently works. The military does decide what government you have. If the us military decided tomorrow en masse that the constitution doesn't matter, it wouldn't. The fact that the us military is so loyal to the "Idea of America" is why everyone trusts it so much.

Expand full comment
Honourary's avatar

You've got it backwards. Soldiers "let" government make decisions, governments don't "let" soldiers follow orders.Loyalty and authority flow up the chain of command, not down. When a military as an institution decides that it does not recognize the authority of a government, it doesn't matter who is charge or what they order.

For extreme examples, look at any military coup that ever happened, and for a more contemporary example, look at how the US military is treating twitter "orders" from Donald Trump.

Expand full comment
37 more comments...

No posts