Yes, there are some racist in the military but far less since millennials and the Obama administration. Even less in leadership positions. But no hard-core neo Nazies or white supremacists anymore. You can look at the demographics alone of the military and far more women and minorities are enlisted percapita than ever before. I will say misogyny is still very high comparably. But also if you look across economic backgrounds there’s no way the military will rise up for the wealthy elites in the conservative party. If there was a civil war is guess somewhere around 20% to 30% would defect to the confederacy, but none of the equipment would fall to their hands.
I mean, conservative voters don’t really get that they’re supporting wealthy people who hate them.
But in regards to the military, officers have always been more liberal and that’s even more of a thing now. A lot of enlisted folks will just do what their CO says, especially if it doesn’t involve going on the offensive. And since the liberal side would almost certainly be the defenders, that would further hurt rebel numbers.
Yes, there are some racist in the military but far less since millennials and the Obama administration. Even less in leadership positions. But no hard-core neo Nazies or white supremacists anymore. You can look at the demographics alone of the military and far more women and minorities are enlisted percapita than ever before. I will say misogyny is still very high comparably. But also if you look across economic backgrounds there’s no way the military will rise up for the wealthy elites in the conservative party. If there was a civil war is guess somewhere around 20% to 30% would defect to the confederacy, but none of the equipment would fall to their hands.
I hope you’re right (or, better yet, that we never have to find out), but that feels a bit optimistic to me based on my experience.
I mean, conservative voters don’t really get that they’re supporting wealthy people who hate them.
But in regards to the military, officers have always been more liberal and that’s even more of a thing now. A lot of enlisted folks will just do what their CO says, especially if it doesn’t involve going on the offensive. And since the liberal side would almost certainly be the defenders, that would further hurt rebel numbers.