▲ 303 ▼ Flu vaccine no longer mandated for US troops, Hegseth says (apnews.com) submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by floofloof@lemmy.ca to c/news@lemmy.world 63 comments fedilink hide all child comments This is a man who said (in 2019) that he hasn't washed his hands for 10 years and germs aren't real since you can't see them with the naked eye: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-47201923
[–] jontree255@lemmy.world 72 points 3 months ago (2 children) This dude is mind bogglingly incompetent permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] frongt@lemmy.zip 42 points 3 months ago (2 children) It's not incompetence, it's malice. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works 36 points 3 months ago (2 children) It's probaby both. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] nymnympseudonym@piefed.social 5 points 3 months ago Both with a hefty serving of religion permalink fedilink source parent [–] applebusch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 months ago How would you rank competent malice, incompetent malice, and incompetent benevolence in order of existential danger to society? I imagine the existential danger increases with both incompetence and malice, but maybe somewhere in there there's a combination of incompetent malice that becomes unintentional benevolence. permalink fedilink source parent [–] jontree255@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago (1 child) It’s both. But millennia of human warfare has taught us that disease can really fuck up an army. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 3 points 3 months ago These idiots really do be increasing how often we contemplate the Roman Empire... ...And why we somehow allow leaders that defund history education shortly after they flunked it and went on to win a rigged popularity contest. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Hayduke@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago It would be if it wasn’t exactly what I have come to expect. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 42 points 3 months ago (2 children) It's not incompetence, it's malice. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works 36 points 3 months ago (2 children) It's probaby both. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] nymnympseudonym@piefed.social 5 points 3 months ago Both with a hefty serving of religion permalink fedilink source parent [–] applebusch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 months ago How would you rank competent malice, incompetent malice, and incompetent benevolence in order of existential danger to society? I imagine the existential danger increases with both incompetence and malice, but maybe somewhere in there there's a combination of incompetent malice that becomes unintentional benevolence. permalink fedilink source parent [–] jontree255@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago (1 child) It’s both. But millennia of human warfare has taught us that disease can really fuck up an army. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 3 points 3 months ago These idiots really do be increasing how often we contemplate the Roman Empire... ...And why we somehow allow leaders that defund history education shortly after they flunked it and went on to win a rigged popularity contest. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works 36 points 3 months ago (2 children) It's probaby both. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] nymnympseudonym@piefed.social 5 points 3 months ago Both with a hefty serving of religion permalink fedilink source parent [–] applebusch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 months ago How would you rank competent malice, incompetent malice, and incompetent benevolence in order of existential danger to society? I imagine the existential danger increases with both incompetence and malice, but maybe somewhere in there there's a combination of incompetent malice that becomes unintentional benevolence. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] nymnympseudonym@piefed.social 5 points 3 months ago Both with a hefty serving of religion permalink fedilink source parent
[–] applebusch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 months ago How would you rank competent malice, incompetent malice, and incompetent benevolence in order of existential danger to society? I imagine the existential danger increases with both incompetence and malice, but maybe somewhere in there there's a combination of incompetent malice that becomes unintentional benevolence. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jontree255@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago (1 child) It’s both. But millennia of human warfare has taught us that disease can really fuck up an army. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 3 points 3 months ago These idiots really do be increasing how often we contemplate the Roman Empire... ...And why we somehow allow leaders that defund history education shortly after they flunked it and went on to win a rigged popularity contest. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 3 points 3 months ago These idiots really do be increasing how often we contemplate the Roman Empire... ...And why we somehow allow leaders that defund history education shortly after they flunked it and went on to win a rigged popularity contest. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Hayduke@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago It would be if it wasn’t exactly what I have come to expect. permalink fedilink source parent