But then what keeps the mercenaries from just :owned: them and supplanting them directly? Cash? Cause eventually, they're going to realize they can make more money by just removing the intermediary
The show Deadwood shows some interesting example for this. Since Deadwood wasn't part of USA yet, they didn't have US law force present. Capitalist Hearst gets his pvt merc Pinkertons and proceed to bulldoze all the local petit boug establishments
But then what keeps the mercenaries from just :owned: them and supplanting them directly? Cash? Cause eventually, they're going to realize they can make more money by just removing the intermediary
Same thing as now; Propaganda.
The show Deadwood shows some interesting example for this. Since Deadwood wasn't part of USA yet, they didn't have US law force present. Capitalist Hearst gets his pvt merc Pinkertons and proceed to bulldoze all the local petit boug establishments