The details in this story are even worse than the headline suggests - this is chilling
I have known West Point graduates (and others) who wouldn't even vote in national elections in order to maintain their own standard of absolute political neutrality. For all the good that did.
virtue signaling cucks
Different mind-set back then. There was still some social pressure on the politicians to at least maintain the illusion of a functional government that served the people, because that illusion was still useful. Concepts like personal integrity and honor weren't being used as soundbites and punchlines.
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