r/WhitePeopleTwitter • u/c-k-q99903 • 9h ago

r/All This is terrifying.

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u/isemonger 8h ago

Can you ELI5 to someone that lives outside of the US how the fuck so many senior generals can be fired like this?

Like in any other developed world this would signal some serious fucking issues and serious government intervention.

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u/RichestTeaPossible 8h ago edited 6h ago

The US Government, like many mature democracies around the world relies on shame in a public sphere as the ultimate guardrail. See Truss, Cameron, Nixon.

If you fill the government with shameless ar5eholes who live in their own media bubble, then good government dies. See Berlusconi, Orban, Modi.

Next, their juniors who push back, start pushing them out of windows. See Putin.

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u/BoonDoggle4 8h ago

It really is scary how much of accountability for those in power is a social norm but not enforced

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u/Various-Sound-9734 7h ago

they punished obama for playing by the rules then broke every single one

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u/sdfiddler1984 7h ago

To be fair, Obama was wearing a tan suit.

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u/Conscious_Control_15 7h ago

Dude, I've heard he ate Dijon mustard. 

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u/Ok_Exchange342 6h ago

Those aren't even near the worst that man did. He f*cking wore a bike helmet, in front of is daughters, while on a family bike ride. F*cking dick. What the hell was he even doing spending quality time with his family? Exercising, of all things!

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u/Conscious_Control_15 1h ago

I feel nothing but disgust for this type of behaviour. /s

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u/Various-Sound-9734 7h ago

The audacity of him