Yes but he didn’t say it in a negative way. He said it in a performative way. When you have no beliefs or morals it’s amazing the positions you can take consecutively.
The insidious thing is that refusing to serve does not grow dissent within the ranks. It takes those who are dissenting out of the ranks, which causes the army as a whole to be more extreme. And, given long standing compulsory service laws, such dissenters can be jailed, allowing the government to disrupt any potential domestic anti war movement.
I feel like speaking out against Trump is a great way to get a job for him.
If you’re willing to backpedal and support him for money and influence then he knows you are spineless and unprincipled. That means he knows exactly how to control you.
Vance sees kissing Trumps ass as the easiest way to be on the ticket for Fuhrer next election cycle. If Trump wins or loses he won’t be in physical/mental shape for the next election and Vance sees sticking his nose intestine deep up Trump’s ass and using the next 4 years as his sounding board to say whatever smoothbrained maga wants to get his name out there.
I think this was Pence’s play too. He just had a moment of clarity when we saw a glimpse of his future where the word “Pence” replaced “Benedict Arnold” as the default word for “traitor” and didn’t want that to be his legacy. As much as I dislike Pence, I respect him for his moment of authenticity to certify the election in the face of fascism .
I had to read it like four times, I focus (a bit too much) on rhetoric when someone speaks because I’m used to qualifiers like this twisting what they say, so I’m going to just keep pointing it out.
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