Coming to the Russia-Wagner conflict that happened today. As it seems someone has no gave the proper attention to philosophy/history hour in school. Cause if he had, now he would know this:
“Mercenaries and auxiliaries are at once useless and dangerous, and he who holds his State by means of mercenary troops can never be solidly or securely seated. For such troops are disunited, ambitious, insubordinate, treacherous … And this because they have no tie or motive to keep them in the field beyond their paltry pay, in return for which it would be too much to expect them to give their lives.”
Niccolo Machiavelli - The Prince
P.S. This implies for Political Parties as well
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