politics

Imagine being in a patheticism competition and your opponent is Pete Hegseth

This is an aspect of totalitarianism. When a government attempts to subordinate all of society to a single ideology and state control. This is an attempt to elevate the idea of the strong, virile, white male as one of the solutions to all of our problems. It supports the approach in Iran where all we have to do is bomb them back to the stone age in order to "win". Another example is when Hegseth made all the generals come to Washington, in person, to dress them down, or to rename the Department of Defense to the Department of War, or to stop the promotion of women to higher ranks. Not only does it tie in nicely with the incompetence of the administration, because, what is the need for thinking through things or considering the consequences of actions when all you need is might, but it also serves as a distraction to the dangers happening behind the scenes like Russell Vought dismantling the federal government or the unimpeded creation of the surveillance state or the rise of unelected oligarchs who have far too much influence on society. And don't even get me started about the complete inability of the democrats to meet this moment.

Whaaaaaaaat? The fuck is going on with toxic masculinity? The dudes are not ok

Here's my uneducated conspiracy-focused take on why the military would want mandatory HRT:

• This is not an attempt to make soldiers more battle-ready, it's to make the population more aggressive
• the baseline for low-T in the military will either be raised, or final determinations will be based on arbitrary factors or performance-based. They want to push people's hormones to the point that they'll attack the women on base and need only the slightest nudge to attack anyone who pisses them off back home.
• While on the military HRT, increased libido and aggression will create pockets of men who will fuck anything, and increase the population for the next generation of disenfranchised workers
• The increased aggression and government propaganda would make soldiers more likely to vote for politicians who express hatred that aligns with their own
• Retired members of the military who can't afford continued HRT and maintain testosterone levels elevated above recommended levels will likely become prematurely impotent. Considering that the people currently in charge learn all the facts from TV shows, they'd probably be banking on the ol' "this man went on a killing spree because he was impotent, and murdering women who look like his mother was the only way to prove that he's not impotent."

My most pessimistic prediction is that they're hoping the outcome of this to include increased rates of violence stateside, high levels of pregnant sexual assault victims, soldiers who want to stay in the military because they have so much more energy while enlisted, retired military-turned-cops who are more likely to shoot minorities, increased post-military ICE applicants for better-trained forces, voters who don't know why they hate everyone who isn't themselves and will irrationally vote for anyone who calls minorities "scum," and fulfill their strange obsession with sexy/manly looking men cum gutters and all.

I also think that if they actually follow through with military-required HRT, pulmonary embolisms and prostate cancer would become the symptoms this generation's Agent Orange.

Low-T isn't even a real problem worth testing for like this. I'm not against testing for it when medically helpful, but the very public nature of this announcement sounds more like an attempt at signalling pro-masculine virtue rather than to tackle a real problem.

This nonsense is antithetical to a healthy military. Republicans always make the very self-destructive choice of using the military as a testing ground for their weird ideas, in a way that disincentivises employment with it.

When they wanted to purge trans people, they started with the military, because it was the biggest thing they had any control over. Lots of talented people left for the private sector with damage to morale as well. Now they're projecting their male fragility delusions onto the military in hopes that they can become more masculine and therefore "strong".

None of this does anything to make the military better at what it does. It's like Hegseth looked at UFC fighters (some of the most useless dumbasses in existence) and decided they were even stronger than our troops. It's like the military has low confidence in its sexuality, and is overcompensating. It's a bizarre look.

While it is good that the Regime will lose many capable soldiers...I must say, this is lame and will feature as a WTF in history videos to come. We will literally have this as one of the many reasons why the Regime lost the 2nd American Civil War, if it comes down to it.

It is just weird and stupid. 🤷‍♂️

"...It's not about artificial enhancement," [Hegseth] said. "It's about restoring and optimizing your natural capabilities, protecting your longevity, ensuring you have the biological foundation required to sustain the fight."

"But wait, there's more! Order in the next thirty minutes and you'll receive a second month's supply of my Big Pete's Big T Fight Boost for just the cost of shipping and handling! That's a 200 Trump Coin value!"

"Don't delay - order now!"

The United States has officially become self-satire.

We're not even a real fascist country. Sad.

As someone who takes hormones, I don't understand why so many people are getting into taking supplemental hormones without symptoms of deficiency or something like being trans or into steroids. It's inconvenient at best.

And yeah, I suspect we're going to find an outbreak of gynecomastia in the military because of this.

Let me guess, he's going to do the assessments personally, by cupping the balls of only the most manly of soldiers, because he can judge the amount of testosterone by the weight.

RFK, Jr showed them how to do it, he's been doing it all his life, and they all had a hilarious night in the Oval Office, practicing on each other. Stephen "PeeWee Himmler" Miller had the tiniest balls, and cried about it. It was hilarious.

Good times, good times...

I thought Idiocracy was supposed to be a movie

One step away from penis inspection day

Gender affirming care.

~~Forcing~~ Heavily recommending gender affirming care.

All these old MAGAts and fuckfaces take testosterone supplements so fucken much. The old owner of the company I work at was one of these dudes. Its all about being s teenager forever.

I just can’t. No one ever suspected that there were a group of people who could be so fucking brain dead and stupid that it would become some sort of superpower. Like the dumbest most inept motherfuckers. MAGA are pedophiles accomplices and idiots of the highest order.

In other words, Pete Hegseth introduces mandatory gender-affirming tests as part of servicemember health evaluations.

What the fuck is wrong with these people

This guy is such a pussy. He overcompensates all the time and clearly has an inferiority complex. Must have a rather tiny penis to think being that macho is somehow important or a good thing. Probably an incel, too.

This guy beats women and more than likely rapes children

Gotta love it when evil assholes sabotage themselves.

What a fucking weirdo.