Category: Politics, Power, and Governance

#General_Mark_Milley
Why aren’t all the top military brass on Twitter, so we can at least thank them when we are inspired to?

In philosophy, or rather, in epistemology, we explain the concept of Military Epistemology. Meaning that the military cannot afford anything other than the most empirical and least loaded and framed truth – because the costs are the highest costs mankind can bear. And because that truth, that respect, is what binds men to one another and to their chain of command.

The gradual replacement of lesser aristocracy, industry, and military in government, has left us with what we call ‘credentialists’ with no demonstrable skill in the management of people in the production of common goods – nor any incentive to speak the truth rather than mollify – as if speaking to children.

We need public presence from our senior military as much or more than we need public presence of our elected officials. Because in matters of war, the truth must prevail. Or we as a people in our politics, will decline as do all soldiers in militaries that have lost that same trust, for that same reason.

Which, obviously, is what has happend here,

(cc: @general_ben )