• mickey@sh.itjust.works
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    8 hours ago

    Do you think they are all just hanging out on the back porch, drinking scotch and waiting for Wheel of Fortune to come on?

    Maybe. Or maybe they’re as powerless as the rest of us and are doing the same nervous doom scrolling we are. There’s no reason whatsoever to suggest that there’s some secret gang of competent former govt employees banding together to form the resistance.

    We haven’t heard a word from those people, and it can’t be because they just don’t care.

    It can be. Or it can be because they’re out looking for new jobs in a shitty economy.

    This is pure fantasy. Come on, be realistic here.

    • barneypiccolo@lemm.ee
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      6 hours ago

      Realistic? Realistically, those military leaders are not the kind of people who are just going to accept this. They have spent their entire lives protecting America, amd our nuclear arsenal from threats. I doubt they are going to just fold up in the face of comically blustery MAGA Nazi intimidation.

      Pure fantasy is thinking that somehow this situation is going to resolve on its own, or believing that these guys held normal jobs, and are now on Indeed, sending out resumes, and going to job interviews.

      This won’t resolve in a positive direction without tough leadership, and the best military leadership in the world has been benched. I’m sure they’d love to get back into the game, especially with such an important objective in the line.