You mean like the one that defected and the other one that disobeys orders?
Dragon defected as well, but he may not have been an Admiral.
Be honest, did you finish highschool?
The Gorosei? That is not important. Gorosei and GKs are both CDs as well. They all have a vested interest to act like Imu wishes already.
Akainu is different. He is blindly obedient. You are right though. The whole power structure existed for way longer.
Nobody said that they want to. That is not really important nor is it the topic. Most people in the real world military do not want to overthrow the government. There are still systems in place that try to prevent them from even attempting it. Even then it sometimes does not work out and you end up with a military coup.
Unless the WG has a certain way to control the Marins then what exactly is holding them back other than blind believe?
It does not necessarily need to be raw power. And I very much doubt that it is. Admirals may still be the main fighting force of the WG.
Then again, if you have such power under you with no means to control it then you are setting yourself up for failure.
tl;dr
2 options
1. If the Admirals (or the Marines in general) are stronger than the Gorosei and GKs, how does the WG make sure that the Marines do what they are told to, even if it entails the genocide of obviously innocent people?
2. If the Admirals (or the Marines in general) are weaker than than the Gorosei and GKs, how does the WG not utterly crush any pirate or other group (like the revos) that could potentially pose a thread?
Keep in mind that Shamrock apparently injured WB. Stands to reason if the other GKs are also strong.
We also saw how Luffy struggled vs the Gorosei. This may be irrelevant since a single haki blast sent them home so I treat that more like a gimmick for now and not a real measurement of the strength.
bonus
The Gorosei said that Wano can not be entered and they let other islands like Elbaph exist for 800 years. Now all of a sudden the GKs enter the Elbaph kingdom as they please. Why now? Why not all this time before? If they could...
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You guys take offense so easily its near impossible to have a normal discussion.
If you are sure that the Admirals are stronger than the Gorosei and GKs then explain how the WG is making sure that the Marines do not take control, especially the higher ups that are aware on ongoing genocides and breach of human rights. Not everyone in the Marines is as overzealous as Greenbull and Akainu.
Admirals are not called the highest power. The wording is different. There is no confirmation that they are the strongest force inside the WG. Not yet anyways.
Most Marines, and by that logic the world, do not know of the Goroseis powers. The lower ranking Marines on EH had to be told not to look at Saturn. Not because they were not allowed to see him in this form, but because they do not have a clue how his powers work. Which means that they have no or next to no prior knowledge of the Goroseis powers.
I also still believe that the Admirals are the main fighting force of the WG. That is not the point though.