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/drpestilence 19h ago

I've been wondering that. It's like they only read an AI summary of the stories..

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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/Successful_Shoe_8083 14h ago

Hitler thought hitler was a good guy

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u/Invisiblelandscapes 4h ago

The path to hell is led by good intentions.

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u/proper_chad 48m ago

Say what you want about the guy, but at least he did kill Hitler.

RIP Norm