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Re:U.S. Army bringing in big tech executives as lieutenant c... by scotty79 on Saturday June 14, 2025 @06:57AM (#44275579)
It's kind of weird how getting owned by the state might be ego boost for those people.
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Re:U.S. Army bringing in big tech executives as lieutenant c... by krapp on Saturday June 14, 2025 @08:27AM (#44276004)
These are probably the kind of tacticool dork-ass losers who worship ancient Sparta and Rome. They want to be strong men created by hard times.

They won't actually suffer so much as a hangnail, of course, but inside their heads they're kicking Persians down the well all day every day.

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Re:U.S. Army bringing in big tech executives as lieutenant c... by CoastalCoder on Saturday June 14, 2025 @10:29AM (#44276659)
I'm guessing it's vaguely related to the "stolen valor" dynamic.
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