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Tayyab - d/acc
@tayyab
Why do militaries or soldiers follow what dictators say? For example, what is happening in Venezuela. I’m sure the soldiers have families who are ready for a change as well. Is it as simple as “obedience”?
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Tayyab - d/acc
@tayyab
Curious what you think @mazmhussain
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@j4ck.eth
@warpcastadmin.eth had a book on this - i can’t remember the title tho i want to say dictators handbook?
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Signor Schober
@schober
They often don't, that's why military coups exist.
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Leo
@lsn
Often it’s the case that the military and the government are tightly intertwined, which has a relatively more common history in South America than the global norm. Egypt another classic example (you could argue since the Mamluks). Maduro was previously a bodyguard, militant revolutionary, and kept close ties to that wing of Chavez’s party during his political career
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Sunny
@sunnysangwan
Fear of retribution and inertia imo. It's easy to be swayed in the direction of your immediate company, which for soldiers is other soldiers. It's hard to take action when you're suddenly presented by two existential choices.
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Ray F. 🎩
@cryptowenmoon.eth
The high rank soldiers has been bribed for years. That's why they protect the dictator.
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Chainleft
@chainleft
Why would they do coup when there's a clear winner in the election? Opposition has zero fraud proof, they had observers at every ballot, and they're simply crying foul because the result is different from what they wanted.
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Just Build
@justbuild
Aren't they trained to follow mandate of the generals/commands of who they serve in most cases? Even in the US where they serve a civilian command, if the generals were to suddenly pledge fealty to a elected President that claimed power I always assumed the machine in many cases would fall in line. This is coming from someone that has never served, so just an observed opinion.
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Joe Toledano
@joetoledano
highly recommend this book: https://www.amazon.com/Dictators-Handbook-Behavior-Almost-Politics/dp/1610391845 From what I understand, the military leadership are often compensated well enough to be persuaded to go along with it. Maybe there's an idealogical alignment also? but usually the answer here is 💰
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