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Jack Armstrong and Joe Getty.

Armstrong and Getty.

And now, here's Armstrong and Getty.

Came across a fantastic thinkpiece by a fellow by the name of Tom Klingenstein about

DEI in the United States military.

And I've heard various folks, including some who've served, talk about how it's hurt readiness.

And I believed it, but I've never heard it fleshed out this well. And I wish we had

hours and hours because I'd love to read the whole thing and discuss it with you. But his point

that is quite eloquently made, and we'll post it at Armstrong and Getty.com under hot links,

is that, well, he writes, the military is often perceived by well-meaning Americans as the last holdout in the progressive march through the institutions.

In reality, however, it was among the first American institutions to formally embrace the radical logic of group quotas.

And he talks about the difference between civilian society and military society in its values,

in its training, in its social norms, and why they're so important and how DEI is utterly

incompatible with the cultural norms that have underpinned every military in the history of time.

Discipline sacrificing oneself to the unit, everyone being the same, your only identity is I'm a member of this unit.

It's very, very well written, and it's made me all the more dedicated to stamping out this radical ideology wherever it happens.

I was encouraged to see a guest editorial in the New York Times,

pointed out by fabulous frequent correspondent, Paolo, DEI is not working on college campuses.

We need a new approach.

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