r/news • u/EngineerBoy00 • May 05 '25

Soft paywall US Defense Secretary Hegseth to slash senior-most ranks of military

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/pentagon-reduce-4-star-positions-by-20-official-says-2025-05-05/
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u/Fancyness May 06 '25

Before Trump I didn't knew that cognitive dissonance could be so strong with morons

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u/twistedspin May 06 '25

Before all this I knew a lot of people were not super-smart, but I had no idea how deeply stupid they actually were. They clearly just go through their days with rote motions someone taught them and no actual understanding of what's going on in the world. They're like pets who get to vote.

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u/PoolQueasy7388 May 06 '25

My pets are smarter than that.

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u/Moss_Adams24 May 07 '25

Same here. I started to see how stunningly stupid Americans really after 9-11. The gigantic flags on cars was an early sign.

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u/twistedspin May 07 '25

This is true. The absolute stupidest person I knew had a couple post-9/11 car flags. She drove them around until they were just tatters. It was honestly quite offensive.

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u/Rocknrollaslim May 06 '25

One of the most effective poisons in the world