• Da_Boom@iusearchlinux.fyi
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    1 year ago

    Idk about that one, they’re employed by Wagner, Wagner is essentially the business entity that allows them to operate as a mercenary group. Who knows how much loyalty they have to their own command structure? If I were the owner of a private Merc army, I would try to instill as much loyalty as I can so they don’t turn on me.

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      1 year ago

      He’s just saying things that sound nice in his head but have no basis in reality.

      • Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works
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        1 year ago

        Nothing he wrote is controversial.

        -Mercenaries get paid.

        -Mercenaries as a group don’t hold allegiance to a country

        -Mercenaries don’t like not getting paid.

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          I didn’t say it was ‘controversial’, just inaccurate. There’s no controversy about it.

          What makes you think military members are more loyal to their nation than mercenaries? Heck, one of my most upvoted responses says “Wagner was more gungho about the war in Ukraine than the military.”

          For a lot of mercenaries, the military doesn’t go far enough or give them the freedom to shape the nation how they want.

          Literally everything you said can also be said about soldiers, and in most cases it would be more accurate.