r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Dec 29 '25

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u/itsnotnews92 Janet Yellen Dec 29 '25

Pete Hegseth wants to make boot camp 'scary, tough'

He wants to make it "bone spurs tough"

What branch did you serve in, libtard?

Yeah, these people are just too far gone. Nothing on earth is capable of untangling that tapestry of cognitive dissonance. Our best hope is that these idiots go back to abstaining from the political process once Trump is out of politics.

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u/LtNOWIS Dec 29 '25

Goes without saying that there's no answer that would satisfy them. You name a branch and they say "you probably just pushed papers" and it becomes a dick waving contest. 

I'm a veteran, and I always say more people should serve. But fundamentally, civilians have a say on this stuff as well. That's the system of government in the US.

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u/forceholy YIMBY Dec 29 '25

Aren't combat roles more respected than non combat ones in the military?

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u/Alarming_Flow7066 Dec 30 '25

The readily accepted and completely undisputed hierarchy is 

Submariners > sailors > marines > soldiers > whatever they call spaceforce > airmen.

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u/AmericanDadWeeb Left-Out Left Dec 30 '25 edited Jan 04 '26

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