Nothing to see here. Trump loves the military right? It's techno-fascism AND a BIGLY "FUCK YOU" to EVERY lower rank. What say you MAGA?

[DrPepper12]

The US Army just swore in four tech executives as Lieutenant Colonels: Shayam Sankar, the CTO of Palantir (Peter Thiel’s company), Andrew Bosworth, the CTO of Meta (Mark Zuckerberg’s company) and OpenAI’s chief product officer Kevin Weil and former chief research officer Bob McGrew, (the company belonging to Sam Altman.)

These four men are all now one rank away from a General. Second-in-command for field-grade officers. There are 16 ranks lower than a Lieutenant Colonel and these four untrained civilians just leapfrogged over soldiers who have dedicated their entire career and lives to the US military.

Apparently, these men are going to work on “targeted projects to help guide rapid and scalable tech solutions to complex problems.” A sentence that means absolutely nothing because clearly this is just a way of giving these companies access to top-secret information without them having to go through any pesky background checks. If that doesn’t scare you, it really should, because we already know that Palantir is building a massive centralized database using much of the information they acquired from DOGE, Elon Musk’s foray into the American government.

These billionaire tech-bros are compiling lists of our most sensitive information. Our tax records, medical data, bank accounts, Social Security information, immigration status, etc. This administration is allowing them to build the infrastructure for techno-feudalism. Authoritarianism in the form of data and surveillance.

The people who are using the government against you are now taking over military authority. The corruption is calculated and staggering. And I can only hope that our veterans and active-duty military are paying incredibly close attention. And now that you know you should be talking about it.

-Leigh McGowan (“Politics Girl Podcast”)

RELAX! This is SOP civilian boy! They're they're to HELP!

Techno-fuedalism, fascist, corrupt & on brand for Trump.

Where TF is Congress? Asking for a concerned planet...

Ok here's the good, the bad & the WTF...

[Miristheiss]

Another day. Another TDS attack from ol' Pepp.

He is upset the border is secure, woke agendas are being rejected, crime is being confronted, DEI and not hiring on only pure merit, 10 genders and dudes on girls teams and in their licker rooms is being rejected.

He is longing for the days of 5 more million 3rd world immigrants who not want to assimilate to our culture to barge in, more riots and criminals being set free, more foreign gangs terrorizing communities, more girls having to change in their locker rooms with guys in their with them. He wants us to get up to 60,000,000 illegals in a few years.

[DrPepper12]

So no answer. Got it.

[Miristheiss]

Maybe to your tagent issue you are blathering about.
But if you reject Trump completely... you support all of those society killing things.
You soy boy simp.

[loveslongnails]

"The border is secure" - From what? You've deported your cheapest work force, while the most violent people in the US are still running free, that being cis white conservative males, and the worst criminals (politicians) are operating unchecked.
"Crime is being confronted" - what the hell does THAT mean? The root causes of crime remain unchanged. You've kicked a can down the road and allowed an authoritarian maniac to run amok.

You do nothing but mimic bullshit party propaganda, none more pathetically stupid than the girls changing in locker rooms with guys. " As of December 2024, there are fewer than ten transgender college student-athletes competing in NCAA sports, according to NCAA President Charlie Baker. This number is part of a total of approximately 510,000 athletes in the NCAA.

Let me do the math for you: that's 0.001764 % of athletes that your stupid party is unhinged about, while the men you support commit sexual assaults every single day and you cheer on their fascism. You have no idea what's coming for you. None.

[OneViewpoint]

Because the whole Elon Musk, billionaire without a clue thing, worked out so well.

Because tRump can never embarrass himself enough.

Because in MAGA world, rank is not something you earn. It's handed out to your friends and family like candy.

But FYI a light colonel is 2 steps away from being a general officer. Still, that's a rank that would typically take an officer 15 - 20 years to attain.

Company Grade

• 01 - 2LT
• 02 - 1LT
• 03 - Captain

Field Grade

• 04 - Major
• 05 - Light Colonel
• 06 - Bird Colonel

General Officers

• Brigadier 1 star
• Major 2 stars
• Lieutenant 3 stars
• General 4 stars

[Anonymous]

It was a good move. Until recently the military has was going to hell. We need people in positions of influence who see what has been wrong with the armed forces and make positive changes. Installing people who have been successful in the real world and bring fresh ideas is a good thing.

It's important. We need a strong military.

[DrPepper12]

Like Elon Musk & Big Balls?

[Opinion Owner]

Yes.

[Anonymous]

This happens all the time in the medical field. Doctors start at an advanced rank so they can be compensated fairly and have authority commensurate to their abilities. You are just looking for a controversy where there isn't one.

[DrPepper12]

Medicine & military are apples & carburators. Not even remotely close

[Opinion Owner]

I'm talking about bringing civilian doctors into the military. Apples and apples.

[lightbulb27]

future military power is all AI and counter AI. They have a piece of the picture and govt needs to control and influence them.

It's reality. "The drone wars has begun". If you don't have better drone and counter drone tech, you are weak and controlled.

[DrPepper12]

Ok why not keep them as consultants?

[lightbulb27]

that make sense, don't know why they did what they did... they have no military training.
It's like putting Tom Hanks in charge of the navy or honoring him for his service. he didn't.
if they are in the military, they can more easily be controlled?

[contentious]

You're entire point of view is retarded. 1) people enter the military all the time as officers if they have the right education and ROTC or OTS. Often lawyers, certain medical staff, engineers, certain intelligence fields, etc. enter at the rank of Captain. To advance beyond Captain pretty much half of the candidates have at least a master's degree in their field of expertise. The guys you are talking about have Ph. Ds in fields of engineering/science such as computer science or physics. They specialize in areas like crypto currency, artificial intelligence, augmented reality, security, symbology/cryptography, etc. and have years of experience in leadership positions in those fields working directly in companies that have connections to DARPA (i. e. government projects) so your boys were already intelligence officers playing civilians/civilian contractors while working for the government secretly for decades.

[contentious]

2) A Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) is a Lieutenant to a full bird Colonel. That's the next rank, not Genera... After Colonel, comes Brigadier General, then Major General, then Lieutenant General, then finally you get to General.

[contentious]

*General

[Effably]

There was this very recent PR stunt with Zuckerberg claiming he donated 630 billion, I think.

It doesn't actually matter as the most viral part of that is that they forget to turn off the microphone and he akss Trump right away "I wasn't sure what number you wanted me to say," in a very obvious this isn't a donation just a pretense.

How do these things keep happening every single week without americans rioting? Come on now, I am getting second-hand embarrassment.

[dustybiker2]

@Effably It shows just how unmotivated Americans are too lazy to do anything for anyone else even if it affects them directly through mass. America has zero followthrough. This just proves over and over again it is fact.

[Effably]

As a Swede I can not believe I am saying this but... Americans please look at the French and learn how this is done. Oh god, the US is so bad I had to acknowledge France can do something well. What has the world come to? Sacre bleu!

[dustybiker2]

Hahaha Americans don't learn from history. Waste not your breath.

[Sal_Monella]

I have strained my brain to determine whether Trump runs the country better than @DrPecker12 would I asked AI and everything. Shocking as it might seem, it selected Trump. It did have a compliment. It said he was better than Tim Walz. So there's that.

[dustybiker2]

The day when he disrupts all communication and his rotting orange face appears on phones everywhere "I am your leader."

[dustybiker2]

This is only confirming my original thought in all of this. US military will bring trump down.

[mattthefatbat]

This is trump's way of hiring people, he wants loyalty over qualification

[Dargil]

@DrPecker12 You are always good for a laugh. Like all the other TDS schizo's, angry incel Karens and leftist nut balls on my list. You are in good company.

[Snakeyes7]

This Leigh McGowan lady has clearly been off her meds for a while. The only thing she's missing is that Trump is living in her walls.

[exitseven]

these guys are not going to be marching troops into battle. They will probably not even see a gun. Giving them a title is a way of getting them on board.

Somebody made me a deputy vice president once. It really did not mean much.

[DrPepper12]

Military rank should mean something

[exitseven]

@DrPepper12 I agree with you. I do not think that Trump should be giving them out to civilians. I woydl rather he invented a special rank for them. Maybe give them a fancy insignia and maybe even a nice shiny medal.

[Anonymous]

can you make an honest post and tell us what it's like to be a paid Trump-hater? I'm genuinely curious about how it all works

[RageBabe]

How speculative of you.

[DrPepper12]

Those are facts sweetheart 😘

[BeenThereLovedIt]

Cult gonna cult.

[chrissykerdock]

trump is god

[DrPepper12]

You spelled pedo wrong

[chrissykerdock]

i don't know a pedro

[Anonymous]

Brilliant.