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Koshmarov's avatar

"How do I maintain authority over my security force after the event?”

I'm a broken record on this topic, but it's the weak spot in this scenario.

"What would stop the guards from choosing their own leader?"

What indeed? What happens when the trigger-pullers unionize? Lord Humungus!

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Blissex's avatar

«"How do I maintain authority over my security force after the event?” I'm a broken record on this topic, but it's the weak spot in this scenario.»

That's indeed what they worry about. What worries me is that these very well informed insiders do worry about that scenario as happening in their own lifetimes.

«"What would stop the guards from choosing their own leader?"»

That's the "pretorians" problem, and there is an age old solution that often works: marry off the daughter to the leader of the "pretorians", so the rich guy and the leader become family, and the leader knows that his children will inherit the wealth.

That often works in a similar way in peacetime too.

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unremarkable guy's avatar

Another solution they should consider: be a good guy to your workers right now so they feel like your leadership is a trustworthy schelling point in a crisis.

People are usually happy to default to the default leader if he's not an ass. No time to start not being an ass like the present.

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Koshmarov's avatar

I think they may have fucked this one up, then. Did Chelsea or Ivanka marry generals or police chiefs?

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Matt Taibbi's avatar

Can't have enough Lord Humungus.

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Koshmarov's avatar

I think we're going to be getting more and more Lord Humungus. Up the clacker.

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Carsenio's avatar

Petroleum refinement chemistry could be a very valuable Homestead skill to learn.

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