• DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social
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    1 day ago

    Warlord, noun: a military commander who exercises absolute political, social, and economic control over a region.

    Personally I’d call her a moderately inept neoliberal bureaucrat who’s never ever broken a nail in anger much less commanded troops but hey maybe you think she’s more impressive.

    At least Bubba was commander in chief, jeez.

    • OBJECTION!@lemmy.ml
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      16 hours ago

      maybe you think she’s more impressive.

      In what way is “being a warlord” impressive??

      There’s very little difference between a warlord and a pencil pusher, if the right pencil is being pushed. The average democratic politician might as well be screaming “Blood for the blood god and skulls for the skull throne!” in terms of the actual effects of their policies. The only difference is aesthetics and demeanor. You don’t get to act like you’re not a bloodthirsty psychopath just because you’ve beurocratized the orphan-crushing machine to the point that all you have to do to crush orphans is to sign a piece of paper.