▲ 294 ▼ Pentagon plays down report of Hegseth regularly overruling military advice (www.theguardian.com) submitted 18 hours ago by sanitation@lemmy.today to c/politics@lemmy.world 30 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] BooBees@fedinsfw.app 7 points 16 hours ago (1 child) I would like to point out that Hegseth isn’t an elected official, so he’s even worse than the elected ones, he doesn’t have the consent of the people. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] iknewitwhenisawit@fedinsfw.app 5 points 14 hours ago (2 children) If the citizens of the USA wanted someone who values consent they wouldn't have elected Trump.... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] sudoshakes@reddthat.com 3 points 14 hours ago Stacked deck of the electoral college and a total failure from the previous admin to not run again so an effective democratic campaign could be run. Most sane people with educations here are screaming inside every day. permalink fedilink source parent [–] BooBees@fedinsfw.app 1 point 14 hours ago It’s a bit more complex than that, but yes, they fucked up biggggg time. Twice. Well, many other times, but twice with trump. Conservatism itself manufactured the environment that produced Trump and sold him as a solution, and people fell for it. Some wanted to hurt others by electing him, some thought he was a genuine solution to economic problems, some just wanted to shake things up, and many in those last two categories regret their decisions in a big way. Still, a third of the nation doesn’t regret a thing, and those people will always be a huge problem. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] iknewitwhenisawit@fedinsfw.app 5 points 14 hours ago (2 children) If the citizens of the USA wanted someone who values consent they wouldn't have elected Trump.... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] sudoshakes@reddthat.com 3 points 14 hours ago Stacked deck of the electoral college and a total failure from the previous admin to not run again so an effective democratic campaign could be run. Most sane people with educations here are screaming inside every day. permalink fedilink source parent [–] BooBees@fedinsfw.app 1 point 14 hours ago It’s a bit more complex than that, but yes, they fucked up biggggg time. Twice. Well, many other times, but twice with trump. Conservatism itself manufactured the environment that produced Trump and sold him as a solution, and people fell for it. Some wanted to hurt others by electing him, some thought he was a genuine solution to economic problems, some just wanted to shake things up, and many in those last two categories regret their decisions in a big way. Still, a third of the nation doesn’t regret a thing, and those people will always be a huge problem. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sudoshakes@reddthat.com 3 points 14 hours ago Stacked deck of the electoral college and a total failure from the previous admin to not run again so an effective democratic campaign could be run. Most sane people with educations here are screaming inside every day. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BooBees@fedinsfw.app 1 point 14 hours ago It’s a bit more complex than that, but yes, they fucked up biggggg time. Twice. Well, many other times, but twice with trump. Conservatism itself manufactured the environment that produced Trump and sold him as a solution, and people fell for it. Some wanted to hurt others by electing him, some thought he was a genuine solution to economic problems, some just wanted to shake things up, and many in those last two categories regret their decisions in a big way. Still, a third of the nation doesn’t regret a thing, and those people will always be a huge problem. permalink fedilink source parent