hegseth is easy to understand when you realize he only has about three years time in service because he was just a weekend warrior.
this is why he acts like an angsty corporal when confronted by "pointless" ethics, rules, paperwork, and classes on sexual harassment
To really understand Marx, and especially the highted line, you have to understand German society and how it revolved around the hometown. They were still walled off, very insular, and had a strict hierarchy. Very impressive constitutions, too. Random strangers couldn't just
