The general population does not even see capitalism as a specific system, but rather "natural" like the birds or the trees i.e not anything to give a second thought about.
Leftists treat the military in the same way. Despite being aware that it has always acted as the primary tool of the ruling classes throughout history, too many leftists, even "revolutionary" ones, think of it as an institution that must necessarily exist.
This explains why there is no serious materialist or Marxist analysis of the military itself in academia. This is a mistake, in my opinion. No military = no ruling class. It's that simple. We should focus our ideological and practical efforts on forming a people's militia and taking real power(guns, tanks, planes etc) in our hands. That is true "revolutionary" action.
This is not me being blackpilled and I'm not a fed, I'm simply stating the truth. Any leftist political action that isnt arming and organising itself with the open intent of military action is useless. Thanks for listening to my FED talk.
Are you being intentionally dense? That statement is made in the context that past ruling classes couldnt exist without a military. Of course an armed proletariat that takes over the military would be the ruling class itself.
but what happens to the entirety of military weapons/etc..? they will still exist, and communists cant just take them all
What do you mean by "communists cant take them all"? Why do you think only communists should be taking them? All people take the entirety of weapons.