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minus-squareSlotos@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoIIRC the goal wasn’t to have a loyal workforce, but to have an army that isn’t dependent on a small number of elites. Basically “we won’t stop with the death of our officers, our soldiers can step up to the occasion”.
minus-squareSoggy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoWhich is a good philosophy outside of the military! That’s the same thing the Puritans wanted, for people to not be reliant on a few to do their thinking for them.
IIRC the goal wasn’t to have a loyal workforce, but to have an army that isn’t dependent on a small number of elites.
Basically “we won’t stop with the death of our officers, our soldiers can step up to the occasion”.
Which is a good philosophy outside of the military! That’s the same thing the Puritans wanted, for people to not be reliant on a few to do their thinking for them.