In countries without a second amendment the military is often regarded as the "reset" button when things go wrong.
While you may end up living under a the rule of a guy wearing a funny looking uniform for a while it is unlikely that the same guy will be interested in wrecking the economy or trying out crackpot social theories on the general public.
Unless you get a guy like Hitler or Stalin, and then its “All crackpot social theories, all the time”.
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