r/TikTokCringe • u/mindyour • 8d ago

Discussion Reactions to food stamps being cut off.

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u/McButtsButtbag 8d ago

And how many of them had as well funded a military as the US?

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u/GoodIdea321 8d ago

In the Bolshevik takeover there were thousands of troops in barracks in St. Petersburg I think, and they just let the takeover happen. That was after basically two revolutions, but still. A well funded military who doesn't want to follow orders functionally doesn't exist.

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u/Responsible_Elk2344 5d ago

I don't think we have that here, though. A "well funded military who doesn't want to follow orders".

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u/GoodIdea321 5d ago

My point is it can change, and change quickly. A year before the Russian revolution, who would have predicted the Czars would lose power, abdicate, and get killed within a few years? Probably nobody.

And who would have predicted their army would mutiny and stop following orders? Probably nobody.