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Hegseth channels his inner Tarantino with fake Bible verse from Pulp Fiction
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 16 Apr 2026
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If I understand correctly, the classic dictator approach is to appoint relatively competent underlings in positions of power, as long as they aren't real threats, with most of their aggression spent punching down or squabbling amongst themselves.
By contrast, the idea here seems to be in appointing bumbling nitwits at said positions, such that after they make fools of themselves, they can then be blamed for this or that and ejected like a used diaper.
He wanted nothing but yes-men this time around, so "bumbling nitwit" was basically a prerequisite. The competent evil people are pulling their strings behind the scenes.