In Reply to: One caveat to that is that he is surrounded by a group of people posted by blindness on January 14, 2026 at 23:09:42
None of them is sophisticated about military or strategic principles or theory.
A chucklef*ck like Miller may be good at fascism and race propaganda but he probably got his military theories from Risk. Others have talent at grifting but they are all ideologues and most of them suck at their jobs. RFK, Jr?
Pam Bondi is on the verge of getting fired because she is not crazy and reckless enough, and she is crazy and reckless.
Remember Arendt’s words:
“Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the surest guarantee of their loyalty.”
- Origins of Totalitarianism