Just food for thought: what percentage of military takeovers in world history actually turned out to be good for the people? The reason I ask is that I do not know the specific answer, but I know it has to be under a couple of percentage points. Scares the crap out of me thinking that the military might take over. Because that has almost universally ended up very badly for the people wherever it is tried.
Valid question. To my recollection, I believe Marsipan... Maricopa... Malindaville, Myanmar! There you go.
Myanmar seems to be doing OK as a modern example.
Would the French revolution be considered a pesant army, or are you thinking organized military?
Technically the USA was a military takeover.
But I can think of lots of examples that were not so good though history....
I would guess it depends on what the motivation of the leaders was. In China there was that dude who unified China, slaughtered the armies of what, 12 other warlords, but established what was one of the longest running dynasties in recorded history IIRC. Mixed blessing?
Just food for thought: what percentage of military takeovers in world history actually turned out to be good for the people? The reason I ask is that I do not know the specific answer, but I know it has to be under a couple of percentage points. Scares the crap out of me thinking that the military might take over. Because that has almost universally ended up very badly for the people wherever it is tried.
Valid question. To my recollection, I believe Marsipan... Maricopa... Malindaville, Myanmar! There you go.
Myanmar seems to be doing OK as a modern example. Would the French revolution be considered a pesant army, or are you thinking organized military?
Technically the USA was a military takeover.
But I can think of lots of examples that were not so good though history....
I would guess it depends on what the motivation of the leaders was. In China there was that dude who unified China, slaughtered the armies of what, 12 other warlords, but established what was one of the longest running dynasties in recorded history IIRC. Mixed blessing?