take a look back in history. Almost all of the professional military were disillusioned with war or the state and/or starving to death. The communists won them because they promised to end pointless wars and provide food (or in the case of China, they were fighting to unite the country and continue their existence because the Japanese were attacking). Right now, your average soldier in the US military is quite comfortable. All they do is stand around on base, sit on a ship for 4 years, get free hot meals and play on their phones until their training session, and they WANT action because they’re bored.
The ones who are disillusioned are the ones who fought and got nothing in housing or healthcare, or wasted half a decade in service only to have 0 job training. The state isn’t scared of those individuals because the majority of soldiers and veterans do fine, and if they aren’t doing fine, they’re still not angry enough to inspire regiment.
take a look back in history. Almost all of the professional military were disillusioned with war or the state and/or starving to death. The communists won them because they promised to end pointless wars and provide food (or in the case of China, they were fighting to unite the country and continue their existence because the Japanese were attacking). Right now, your average soldier in the US military is quite comfortable. All they do is stand around on base, sit on a ship for 4 years, get free hot meals and play on their phones until their training session, and they WANT action because they’re bored.
The ones who are disillusioned are the ones who fought and got nothing in housing or healthcare, or wasted half a decade in service only to have 0 job training. The state isn’t scared of those individuals because the majority of soldiers and veterans do fine, and if they aren’t doing fine, they’re still not angry enough to inspire regiment.