• Montagge
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    21 hours ago

    My critique of that is that’s how you get tge US in the war of 1812. You don’t want to be the US in the war of 1812.

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        20 hours ago

        My critique of your critique of my critique is two part. One you’re not wrong. Two it would require everyone everywhere to agree to no professional armies.

        I guess it’s three parts because the militia based army of the US is the one that invaded Canada first. They were just really, really bad.

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          After the British Navy kept enslaving Americans for their war machines!

          BONUS MILITIA SUPERIORITY BONUS ROUND:

          Numerous militias refused to cross into Canadian territory because while they agreed with the stated goals they thought trying to conquer the territory was wrong and not to their actual benefit.

          But you’re right. The citizen militia conceit relies on regular training and broadly popular support, and America was lacking in both. It worked in the classical republics because the society was structured to prioritize it and America was not.