Is it better for the purposes of organizing a working class movement to be up against a state with a professional military or a conscripted military? Don't know the answer. Wondering if anyone's written about it
Lots of communists were drafted into the imperial army as punishment and they were organizing troops on the front line to the point that the tsar knew he could not count on the military for help if there was a revolution. That's really important to remember. I doubt the US military would do that today (you'll just get jail time or disappeared). Either way, you will need the military on your side or its over before it starts.
Is it better for the purposes of organizing a working class movement to be up against a state with a professional military or a conscripted military? Don't know the answer. Wondering if anyone's written about it
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Lots of communists were drafted into the imperial army as punishment and they were organizing troops on the front line to the point that the tsar knew he could not count on the military for help if there was a revolution. That's really important to remember. I doubt the US military would do that today (you'll just get jail time or disappeared). Either way, you will need the military on your side or its over before it starts.