Thats a weird one because he cant even fall back on being poor and that was the only way out (his parents are rich af and he went to a private boarding school as a kid)
Its one thing to be Butler style figure, you entered it apolitically or desperately or were drafted otherwise forced - and then figured out it was evil inside. But it sounds like he knew it ahead of time and still dreamed about being a lil soldier boy regardless
They're not wrong that they wanna do the equivalent of a coup and run Mills regardless but the Platner campaign and the people who pushed him definitely didnt do themselves or progressive nominal left by picking this fucking guy - and backing him after the nazi tattoo thing and the earlier abuse story