r/politics • • 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/Faux_Real_Guise 19h ago edited 17h ago

They root for Sauron— “Gandalf's the crazy person who wants to start a war…Mordor is this technological civilization based on reason and science. Outside of Mordor, it's all sort of mystical and environmental and nothing works.”

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u/jfudge 18h ago

Honestly they probably see themselves like Saruman thought of himself. They think that they are the special snowflakes who are wise enough to use whatever power they get for "good", or at least their version of it. They don't think of themselves as the big bad, but more that they are completely willing to take the power given to them regardless of what harm it causes.

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u/yorlikyorlik 17h ago

They fail Galadriel’s test. Every time.

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u/alexthealex 15h ago

Meanwhile Cate Blanchett (Galadriel) is trying to protect people from AI using their likeness and creations without their direct consent.

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u/Neverhoodian 10h ago

I've always liked Cate, she's a class act.