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[-] MolotovHalfEmpty@hexbear.net 29 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Remember on September 10th 2001 when Rumsfeld held a mandatory meeting of the Pentagon & DOD to announce a 'radical new reorganization' of state defense, meaning more contracting, less transparency, a change in the roles it played, more internal surveillance.

This feels like that, just done even more incompetent and egotistically.

Whether they just use the recent years of lead stuff or seal the deal shortly after with something new, I'd put money on massive further mercenarification of the military (Palantir for surveillance, digital repression, mercs on the streets), deployment into new more repressive roles within the US, and either an explicit or implicit loyalty demand. Shortly followed by some of the most repressive executive orders and legislation to date.

this post was submitted on 25 Sep 2025
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