No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making some other poor dumb bastard die for his country.
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Never thought of this point but the allure of mega super villain weapons is partly that political class can deploy them with far fewer supporting military types, and they’re generally praetorian guard level elite (eg Republican guards, troops deployed with nukes etc)
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Easier for dictator to ensure loyalties of 1000 close, well-paid elite soldiers than 100,000 mediocre ones who need morale programming
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