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minus-square@catloaf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish14•10 days agoNo, being able to federalize them was intended. We weren’t supposed to have a standing federal army, only call them up from the militias as needed. Turned out pretty quick that that didn’t work too well in reality.
minus-square@Bytemeister@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish3•10 days agoIt worked fine until we got a bit of that sweet sweet imperialism.
No, being able to federalize them was intended. We weren’t supposed to have a standing federal army, only call them up from the militias as needed.
Turned out pretty quick that that didn’t work too well in reality.
It worked fine until we got a bit of that sweet sweet imperialism.