Message from @Snake
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so........
are you suggesting.......
that if they had competent militaries........
they'd be fine?
America is playing the tribe of universalism and internationalism
sex is not cahs money when your ass hurts afterwards
Yeah that could do it too
Having the biggest military to crush your opponents
Like what Yugoslavian Serbs tried to do
how else am i gonna defend my oil fields from child soldiers?
The problem is that these elites don’t spend money on competent militias
They only pay for as much as they need to
They pay the bare necessity
well, actually, no
And take as much profit they can
the problem is, theres not enough trained soldiers to make it be worth a damn in the area
and to get them *competent*, it takes years of training
meanwhile
>grabs all the child soldiers
Basically r/K selection theory with soldiers
But not really, we just take the oil ourselves
the thing with child soldiers is that they hook them up on drugs to make them *relatively* fearless, there's a fast growing recruitment pool, you dont need to pay them, and they're forced to be loyal on pain of gangrape, beatings, or death. it also fucks with the morale of the enemy. a ton of the forces with child soldiers would be **way smaller** if they couldnt recruit em, but the existence of small arms makes it a reality
That’s a good point on small arms
Actually
That’s a very good point
they also don't need to train em nearly as long, because they're really just using them as zerg-like soldiers: weak, but in masse
It’s really sad
it is
guys more memes
please