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Yeah, this is super illegal and sketchy as all hell, the country's military being beholden to some private oligarchs is some "end of the Roman empire" type of stupidly corrupt and destabilizing idiocy
However (and I only noticed this after posting and kinda feel bad for being misled), this is also some stupid fascist theater that's trying to make the administration and their dipshit oligarch friends look more powerful than they actually are
They want us to despair and think that everything is all over and they've won everything forever, but in reality they're morons who ruin everything they touch who have to keep doing terrifying performative fascist bullshit to keep their followers from noticing how stupid and incapable they are. Don't get me wrong, that performative fascist bullshit hurts and kills people, but these scumbags do not have resources or the competence to hurt and kill all of us as much as they try to project that image.
We all know they're evil, but what we need to remind ourselves and constantly remind all of their supporters is that they are weak. The fascist mind cannot handle that.
It also is probably more likely to piss folks in the military off more than not paying them, which is funny. It's like complaining about gas and then being handed 70 cents and a bad scratcher.
$130 million can bribe a lot of officers in key places. That's where this money will go. Those officers will then forget any and all oaths they've taken when the fascist coup enters the end stage.
I bet it gets distributed from the top down, too. Trickling down, some would say.