segfault11 [any]@hexbear.net to Chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 10 days agoAlways pay your guys on time. Don't try telling them you can pay them later, the moment you admit you don't have the money they're no longer your guys.hexbear.netimagemessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up1115
arrow-up1115imageAlways pay your guys on time. Don't try telling them you can pay them later, the moment you admit you don't have the money they're no longer your guys.hexbear.netsegfault11 [any]@hexbear.net to Chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 10 days agomessage-square18fedilink
minus-squareSorosFootSoldier [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up58·10 days agoWe need to return to the simpler times when mercenaries killed their lord if they weren’t paid.
minus-squareHexaSnoot [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·10 days agoI haven’t heard of this until now. Is this a general occurence among feudal societies?
minus-squareSorosFootSoldier [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33·10 days agoShit it happens today even, look at the recent failed revolt done by the wagner pmc in russia.
minus-squarerobot_dog_with_gun [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·10 days agoit’s like half of The Prince
minus-squareTraschcanOfIdeology [they/them, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·10 days agoThe praetorian guard did it often in late roman history, too. They’d off the emperor when someone else (often one of their generals) would offer them a better deal.
We need to return to the simpler times when mercenaries killed their lord if they weren’t paid.
I haven’t heard of this until now. Is this a general occurence among feudal societies?
Shit it happens today even, look at the recent failed revolt done by the wagner pmc in russia.
it’s like half of The Prince
The praetorian guard did it often in late roman history, too. They’d off the emperor when someone else (often one of their generals) would offer them a better deal.