r/politics • u/T_Shurt • 19h ago

Possible Paywall Hegseth Announces Elon Musk and Newt Gingrich Will Help Lead Military

https://newrepublic.com/post/216045/pete-hegseth-elon-musk-newt-gingrich-help-lead-military
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u/TheForeverUnbanned 19h ago

Putting the US military under the command of foreign national with no experience?

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u/Dukeish 19h ago

Also an extreme conflict of interest since he’s an active government contractor

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u/_Phil_McCracken_ Washington 19h ago

It’s just absurd on so many levels, it’s almost hard to process how insane this is. 

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u/Enlightened_Dirtbag 18h ago

It’s absurd unless you consider a possible alternative agenda this brain trust may have, to focus on strategy for shifting the allegiance of military leadership towards the administration as they consolidate their power amidst the chaos they sow.

This is all coming as they are preparing to purge 20% of generals and other military leadership. This is no coincidence.

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u/masterchefguy 17h ago

The Military Industrial Complex stepping out from the shadows, anarcho-capitalism at it's finest, and a major step towards the neo-feudal state they dream of for the future.

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u/dxnxax 16h ago

just in time for midterms too. I could see an active roll out on US soil

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u/Hestiathena 12h ago

Even if we get a Blue Tsunami in November, things are liable to get very, very scary and dangerous afterwards.

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u/Riaayo 12h ago

Nothing more dangerous than a cornered animal and that's exactly what these fascists are.

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u/jjmac 14h ago

Elon can just say that he will give every soldier a million dollars if they vote republican and they keep the house and senate. Then not pay on a technicality

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u/LearnToSwim0831 13h ago

Exactly. Gotta remove anyone who might get in the way of the coming coup when trump doesn't leave in '29. He can't or he'll go to jail, that's one of the main motivators for running again in '24 in the first place. That and all the graft since he legally doesn't need to face the voters again so he can be as openly corrupt as he wants. But I don't think people really comprehend what's likely coming. That "ballroom is national security" line, while completely stupid, isn't untrue, it's likely to be a bunker system armed to the teeth. He'll be dug in like a tick and the flames needed to remove him will require exponentially more flame than the average parasite.

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u/Riaayo 12h ago

Also normalizing corporate influence/control because their goal is to break the US government entirely and carve the country up into corporate fiefdoms.

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u/tropicsun 13h ago

And an election about to come…

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u/WTFThisIsReallyWierd 18h ago
  • There are no rules anywhere.
  • All statements are true in some sense, false in some sense, meaningless in some sense, true and false in some sense, true and meaningless in some sense, false and meaningless in some sense, and true and false and meaningless in some sense.

Would you like an apple?

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u/NJdevil202 Pennsylvania 17h ago

I'd say this whole thing is double plus ungood

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u/WTFThisIsReallyWierd 17h ago

The Party and Eris have always been at war. But at least they can agree that they have never been at war.

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u/_Phil_McCracken_ Washington 17h ago

There are no rules anywhere.

This is a self-defeating claim. It contradicts itself. 

I reject your nihilism. 

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u/WTFThisIsReallyWierd 17h ago

It's a reference to a book trilogy called "The Illuminatus! Trilogy." It inspired a mock religion called /r/discordian ism, which embraces absurdity and contradiction as aspects of humanity and places humanity above reality where conflicts exist. It's anti-nihilist. It's also anti- /r/Absurdism because it's extremely "people actually kind of matter" focused.

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u/_Phil_McCracken_ Washington 17h ago

Ah, I see. Pretty niche reference. Clearly I’m  not familiar with it. 

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u/WTFThisIsReallyWierd 17h ago

It's a fun book series and worth a read IMO. It's a bit jarring to read, the style is modern enough, and the pacing is good, but it's a bit trippy. It's a cult classic.

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u/_Phil_McCracken_ Washington 17h ago

I’ll check it out. Always looking for a good rec. and it sounds interesting. 

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u/_Phil_McCracken_ Washington 17h ago

It did make me think for a minute. So I do appreciate that. Thought I might have been stroking out for a second. 

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u/PNW20v Washington 16h ago

Not if you read at the average national level of what is it, 5th to 6th grade? At that point its quite easy to process actually because you can't comprehend it.

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u/_Phil_McCracken_ Washington 16h ago

I misread that at first. Ignore my previous comment. 

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u/PNW20v Washington 16h ago

Lol all good, few beers in and really have no business posting on reddit 😅 Worded poorly

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u/Diligent_Dig9591 18h ago

There are no rules

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u/DigitallyDetained 17h ago

Only because Americans let him get away with whatever he wants

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u/soba_set 17h ago

Don't need to process it. Need to do something about it.

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u/bejammin075 Pennsylvania 14h ago

Yeah, even after 10 years now of stupidity and insanity on a daily or weekly basis, this is quite a stunning new level.

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u/TheVog Foreign 8h ago

What's absurd and insane is that Americans haven't done shit about it yet!

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u/Absolute--Batman 18h ago

Another day for Spineless Americans that won't do anything except whine online.

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u/notanolive 17h ago

Yeah imma go and take down the federal government, let me just buy a ticket to dc from half way across the country and start a revolution. Even if I got 100, 200 people to agree on a death march we’d accomplish nothing. Easy to throw stones from the comfort of your own home

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u/_Phil_McCracken_ Washington 18h ago

Because what you’re doing isn’t spineless whining? 

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u/Single-Waltz2946 18h ago

Not everyone lives in the USA buddy