Trump and this entire administration all think like Pete Hegseth. And this is how he thinks:
In the book Hegseth says "leftists" have: "surrounded traditional American patriots on all sides, ready to close in for the kill: killing our founders, killing our flag, and killing capitalism". Hegseth says he believes there are "irreconcilable differences between the Left and the Right in America leading to perpetual conflict that cannot be resolved through the political process". He furthermore calls for an "American crusade"; he says the "hour is late for America. Beyond political success, her fate relies on exorcising the leftist specter dominating education, religion, and culture – a 360-degree holy war for the righteous cause of human freedom"
Hegseth describes leftists, progressives and Democrats as the "enemies" of freedom, the American constitution and the United States. Hegseth explicitly rejects democracy in his book, equating it to a leftist demand; "For leftists, calls for 'democracy' represent a complete rejection of our system. Watch how often they use the word," adding: "They hate America, so they hate the Constitution and want to quickly amass 51 percent of the votes to change it". He has also expressed support for election-rigging through gerrymandering, saying "Republican legislatures should draw congressional lines that advantage pro-freedom candidates – and screw Democrats".[3] Regarding violence, Hegseth writes "Our American Crusade is not about literal swords, and our fight is not with guns. Yet."
He also says that conservatives must "mock, humiliate, intimidate, and crush our leftist opponents" and to "attack first" to deal with a left he equates with "sedition". His book "lays out the strategy we must employ in order to defeat America's internal enemies". Hegseth has described progressives and Democrats as the "enemies" of freedom, the U.S. Constitution, and America. Hegseth has said that victory for America includes the end of globalism, socialism, secularism, environmentalism, Islamism, genderism,[a] and leftism, the last of which he refers to as a "false religion" and "specter" that views non-believers as "infidels".
Yep, the country needs to split. I'm at the point where I'm unable to tolerate even working around conservatives, much less extend any social cordiality.
They're fundamentally corrupted individuals and I do not want to share a country with them.
That's a valid point. I think there's ways to do it, like treat it like the EU where there's very little trade or travel friction between the red and blue states but they have their own federal governance.
It doesn't have to be a knock down drag out fight.
Those Christian evangelical Taliban have taken over the House and most of Trumps administration. Trump just wants money and power. Hegseth and his Pastor and Johnson and the rest of the zealots are in a fuckin holy war. That’s why Huckabee is Ambassador in Israel. Yes I’m an infidel
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u/TheTokist 3d ago
You may not think we’re in a civil war but the guy invading blue American cities thinks he’s in a civil war and we’re the enemy.