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Prediction for the Searing Twenties: Most respected professional militaries in liberal democracies will see significant erosion in their traditions of being apolitical, and become increasingly hard to tell apart from militaries in totalitarian or theocratic countries.
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Wonder if any think tanks have studied this, via analysis of statements by top military leaders, procedural innovations etc. Initially I thought it was ongoing praetorian-guardization, but it's more general than that. It's not just about elite units allied with power.
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THE pathology of the US is societal lack of respect. Non-poor don’t respect the poor. Middle class don’t respect how hard running things can be. Everyone thinks they know better about medicine or earth sciences. Totally cross-cutting, totally corrosive.
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