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The solution will be steroids, which lead to angry behaviour and allows the soldiers to do heinous, unconscionable acts during their "'roid rage" phase. Addicted soldiers are the most loyal soldiers for the one who feeds them their juice. War. O, discordia!
Military has a long history of hardcore drugs. There is an infamous history of WWII militaries using amphetamines (esp. in Allied militaries) and methamphetamines (in Axis militaries, brand name Pervitin) as performance enhancing drugs. You want a sneak peak into what Discordia's drug-dazed war has in store? Just ask Aimo Koivunen
I agree with eureka and just want to add that drug-funded or drug-spurred wars, large and small, have been around for at least two thousand years. One would like to think that we would be beyond that by now but perhaps not. If you're interested in the topic, this article gives a general overview of modern times use: https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/society/2019/war-and-drugs-together-forever
This one looks at drug use among Germanic warriors during Roman times: https://scienceinpoland.pl/en/news/news%2C105776%2Cbarbarian-warriors-took-stimulants-battle-says-new-research.html
fascist-leaning (small f) ideology has an obsession about their own unique concept of masculinity, including plenty of pseudo-science. One of the most striking cases is in food, where on the more extreme levels, infamous grifters (who are clearly lie about their own diet) pitch a cure-all "carnivore diet", or soy avoidance (supposedly increases estrogen; it doesn't), or raw milk drinking (I've heard a report that the NSN partake in this, along with other unlisted diet restriction). But on a lesser level, this filters down into a pseudo-scientific misinterpretation of proteins in fitness communities which has entered into our mainstream shopping experience.
Why Don't Fascists Eat Vegetables? is a very insightful watch. (The downside is the whole deep-dive is 6 hours long, but even watching sections is insightful)
I also wouldn't be too surprised if this is just posturing to the public, who may be concerned about of reports about the loosening fitness standards under previous regimes in a desperate attempt to try and boost falling military recruitment. But it's also obviously related to fascistic ideas of traditional gender, and the scapegoating of not just trans people, but also cis people who just aren't 'masculine' enough (yes, we know, they're hypocrites, it's obvious).
sounds like a precursor to gender affirming care to me
From Meidas Touch - Hegseth COMPLETELY NEUTERED by Military Vets after BIZARRE Announcement https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHldJls5y6s A lot of interesting commentary about Hegseth's announcement, especially its effect on Gen Z young men.
Gender affirming care 🌈
I wonder if this make-up wearing never done a hard day's work in his life person will have his testosterone levels checked ?
Confirmation this loser has moobs.
This is typical Republican projection. Hmm, my testosterone is low so I'm going to force everyone else to get tested before anyone finds out.
"normalise my dysfunction so I don't feel shame"
which yea, but not like *this *ya mook.
Literally socialist gender-affirming care