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So far left you get your guns back. (lemmy.world)
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[–] -1 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Then you get your single shot rifle and storm the the king’s palace with it, against a bunch of people with single shot rifles, kill them all, kill a king, all his family

Sounds good

thus establish a military goverment.

Nah, I just defeated the military. I would prefer a less authoritarian system

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

    When you killed everyone in a coup, you are by definition a new military. You might prefer less authoritarian system now, but all your friends who are running around with rifles trying to do a coup are in it for power, it's just how the selection process goes, for everyone bright eyed idealist who will immediately relinquish his absolute authority that he just won by fighting a civil war, there will be 10 people who fought in civil war to get this absolute authority.
    We know that, because actually I deceived you earlier, it's not 19th century now, and we already saw how that happened. And also, both technologies and situations are different now

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  • [–] -3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    When you killed everyone in a coup

    I didn‘t kill „everybody“. I killed the king, his family and his guards and maybe his ministers or generals

    you are by definition a new military

    No, I am a member of one of many militias

    all your friends who are running around with rifles trying to do a coup are in it for power

    Not all of them, but I understand what you mean

    for everyone bright eyed idealist who will immediately relinquish his absolute authority that he just won by fighting a civil war, there will be 10 people who fought in civil war to get this absolute authority.

    Yes. Thats how war works.

    both technologies and situations are different now

    Exactly

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    I didn‘t kill „everybody“. I killed the king, his family and his guards and maybe his ministers or generals

    Not how civil wars work unfortunately

    No, I am a member of one of many militias

    Which makes you a part of the military power of the new rule. So yeah.

    Yes. Thats how war works.

    Yes. That's my point actually.

    Exactly

    Ok, but that's worse. You do get how that's worse, right?

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