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Why Americans are to blame for the Pentagon's outrageous sex scandals.
BY MICAH ZENKO, AMELIA MAE WOLF | MAY 21, 2013

Ongoing rampant sexual assault within America's armed forces is a tragedy. The 2012 Workplace and Gender Relations Survey of Active Duty Members (WGRA) found that an estimated 26,000 active-duty servicemembers were sexually assaulted last year, and recent allegations of sexual assault by officers assigned to prevent that very crime have lent the situation a sinister irony. The U.S. military is clearly facing, in the words of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey, "a crisis." Last week, Gen. Mark Welsh, the Air Force chief of staff, declared that confronting the problem was his "No. 1 priority." Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno went further, saying: "The Army is failing in its efforts to combat sexual assault and sexual harassment." He said that fighting the crime is now "our primary mission." Repeating the claims of his two predecessors, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel vowed to solve the chronic problem of sexual assault and stated that "every option is on the table." The estimated incidents of "unwanted sexual contact" within the military have increased since the previous survey in 2010 despite internal reforms. When reviewing the Pentagon and service websites dedicated to preventing sexual
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assault, it is difficult to comprehend the vast number of new directives, memoranda, instructions, policies, and awareness-raising campaigns that have been introduced over the past three years -- none of which seems to be having an effect. Nancy Parrish, president of Protect Our Defenders, referred to these efforts as "half-hearted, half-measured reform Band-Aids." Unfortunately, however admirable the recent condemnations of sexual assault in the military, they're unlikely to have much impact, because sexual assault in the military is not a military problem. It is an American problem. Scholars, retired officers, and others have longed warned of the creeping militarization of American society. However, as the Pentagon yet again renews its sexual assault prevention efforts, it must not discount the socialization of the American military.

The data suggest that one servicemember is sexually assaulted every 20 minutes and that one American citizen is sexually assaulted every two minutes, but it is difficult to directly compare military and civilian sexual assault rates. The WGRA defines "unwanted sexual contact" as "completed or attempted sexual intercourse, sodomy (oral or anal sex), penetration by an object, and the unwanted touching of genitalia and other sexually-related areas of the body." Survey participants were asked to report incidents occurring in the past 12 months. Meanwhile, the Department of Justice survey used to calculate sexual assaults nationwide asks participants if anyone has "attacked" or "threatened" them by "grabbing, punching, or choking" or by "any rape, attempted rape or other type of sexual act" over the course of the past six months.
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Micah Zenko (@MicahZenko) is the Douglas Dillon fellow with the Center for Preventive Action at the Council on Foreign Relations. Amelia Mae Wolf is a research associate at the Council on Foreign Relations.

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EmilioLizardo More than anything else this exposes a highly evolved culture of victimhood. The entry of women has changed the priority of the military from defending the nation to defending the women in the military.

Women enter the military with special privileges and at the same time we choose to ignore biology.

Demanding 'equality' results in repressing one gender to promote another at the expense of both.

At the same time women are being marketed as combat capable, we have VAWA that defines them as natural born victims. And truly, in any fight they are worthless.
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Mary_Shelley EmilioLizardo You want to understand the rape culture in the military? EmilioLizardo exemplifies it more than any article could attempt to explain it. (1) Women are weak, worthless, and don't belong. (2) Women get unfair advantages. (3) Thus women are "victims", and get what they deserve.
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Rok8man You make an exceptional point about the objectification of women in your article. True, society has devolved for years (I blame Hollywood, and the entertainment industry as a whole), resulting in what our young women THINK is female empowerment, but amounts to little more than sexuality for sale. I digress: as a 26 year servicemember, I have witnessed the change brought about by global media, and the instant gratification of the internet and social media. The problem I've seen is that the military is bending its own standards to appeal to a new generation of recruits vice maintaining a standard of discipline that it fears will turn away the best and brightest of this generation. We have, as a disciplined military, turned from a regimented requirement of conformity, which was the mainstay of instilling discipline, to conforming to the needs of this 'entitlement' generation. When a recruit doesn't have to 'pass' a physical fitness test to move on from basic or advanced training, we have just let our standards slip a little bit more. Restrictions from comfort items made us appreciate the little privileges we received; today's soldiers can be seen with cell phones, cigarettes, all the while failing to maintain a fit image of a soldier or maintain the minimum requirements it takes to remain in the service. We wonder WHY we have the issues we do, when all we have to do is look in the mirror and see that by allowing our standards to turn from something that has made the military a successful and powerful institution, to one reeking of drugs, sexuality, and entitlement, the proof is in the discipline. I risk sounding like a grumpy old veteran, however in world where instant gratification is the norm, discipline remains the key to structuring an environment that develops a healthy respect for everyone and everything, not passing on entitlements to those who were never expected to achieve the minimums. Bring back the discipline... times are hard and jobs are in short supply. Those who want to be a part of such a hallowed organization will meet the standards, and you will have a stronger military as a result.
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machi4velli If an American citizen is assaulted every 2 minutes and a military member is assaulted every 20 minutes, and we control for population size, that puts military assault rates at 10 times the national rate (a little short of 1% of U.S. citizens are in the military, either active or reserve). I realize the article said they're difficult to compare since the definitions are different, but this appears wildly divergent, and even correcting for the definitions, does this not still leave a very significantly higher rate of sexual violence in the military?

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Plus, while the article did not directly do it, the comparison of 5.3% of American women as estimated victims to 6.1% of military women reporting being victims would apparently translate into another wildly higher military rate since that 5.3% would be the entire right pie chart while the 6.1% would be only the non-blue part of the left pie chart. Some of the reports may be false, but that's very much a marginal issue in terms of the larger picture.

Surely the rate of assault is higher among the age demographics in the military vs. a nationwide rate, which works in favor of the article's overall argument, but still, it appears it would be difficult to explain away such a dramatic difference in rates with this. All in all, how does this not contradict the claim that it's not more a military problem than it is a societal problem if the rate appears so much higher?
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Linda055 Hatred and denigration of women usually takes place within a society where religion and a shame culture predominate. Parts of the US are as backward as Saudi Arabia (which I assume is at the bottom of that gender equality index). The US military is, if anything, a more intense version of theocracy and patriarchy than the rest of the US.
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Rok8man Linda055 While I am no religious fanatic, it is truly hard to be an atheist in a foxhole. If you have never been hit by mortars, shot at by snipers, or blown up by IEDs, I wouldnt expect you to understand why religion is an important aspect of the military community. That's not a knock or slight at you, it's just a statement of fact. When you are asking young men and women to lay down their lives, if necessary, you better damn well make them believe in a god. Sad, I know...
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jgarbuz If women can't defend themselves, how can they hope to defend the rest of us? Why not put it to the test? Let's develop ALL female marine and special ops units to see how they fare in battle by themselves without any males at all. After all, hand to hand combat is relatively rare in this day and age. Train them as best as possible, and send them into combat to see if they can actually win against the enemy on their own. If they can, then great! But if not, what are they doing in the armed forces altogether, except as helpers?
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ibsteve2u jgarbuz I do believe that telling the women in the military that they could use their Ka-Bar however they see fit if a male is attempting to force them to have sex would end the relevance of your question "If women can't defend themselves..."

Promptly.
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jgarbuz ibsteve2u

Don't females get hand to hand combat training?


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ibsteve2u why should my tax dollars subsidize assaults on women is a better question.
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jm75681 jgarbuz ibsteve2u so by this logic, if someone can physically overpower someone else, they are entitled to rape them. Despite the fact that it's a felony. Despite the fact that it's breaking the laws and undermining the freedoms that they are supposed to be protecting. Despite the fact that they are being paid with US tax dollars to defend those freedoms. They can unilaterally dismiss all of that, simply because they can? You have no logic and make no sense.
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jm75681 ibsteve2u

Whose logic is that? Not mine. Maybe yours.


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jgarbuz ibsteve2u

I believe no soldier should have the right to touch any other soldier for any reason whatsover, except (1) for hand to hand combat training, or (2) help up the other soldier after being wounded. Otherwise, no soldier should have any physical contact with another whatsoever, not even a "high five."
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ibsteve2u

Christ, I hope you aren't allowed to vote


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jgarbuz CodyYoung ibsteve2u

I'm 67 so I hope so. Why shouldn't I be allowed to vote? Did I say something un-Constitutional?
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jm75681 jgarbuz, you seem to be propagating the idea that assaults are permissible because they are in the military environment and last I checked, assaulting someone is breaking the law. Isn't the military suppose to safeguard the rights and freedoms that we as Americans hold dear? wouldn't that include the right to personal safety? why would you defend someone who is breaking laws that they should actually be protecting. and with my tax dollars, no less. these people should de dishonorably discharged.
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We have to defend our defenders every minute of the day? I have already stated that it should be military policy that no soldier should be allowed to even touch another, except as required by their profession. No touching. No hugging. No holding hands. Certainly no caressing. Not even "high fives." No romancing of any kind should be permitted in the military. In fact, many regular companies don't permit their workers to indulge in office romances, or they could be dismissed. But when there are allegations, with no witnesses, it's her word against his. Sick and tired of lawyers and journalists blowing everything out of proportion. But I fully agree that there should no physical contact between soldiers, even off base unless they are married. If they have to touch someone, let it be themselves only to masturbate while they are in the military.
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Mary_Shelley jgarbuz "But when there are allegations, with no witnesses, it's her word against his." You do realize that rape is very, very often accompanied by physical injuries both internally and externally. One hopes that you don't mean to imply -as you do - that if there isn't a witness no case can be made. Or if there is no witness, no harm no foul.
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jgarbuz Mary_Shelley

Clearly, physical injuries are VERY strong evidence of rape. So is DNA. In past times, rape had to be proved by impartial witnesses as evidence. Today, DNA analysis can prove guilt or innocence. But what if there is no evidence whatsoever, do we have to take the claimant at her word alone??? Is that justice?.
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DocDiggs jgarbuz Mary_Shelley It is quite possible for sexual attack to take place entirely by hand-body contact that does not leave physical injury. Considering that commanders are often reticent to deal with sexual attacks and may actually retaliate against juniors for reporting them, it seems to me that women/men who are abused may well not report anything. I would think that juniors must have their word only reports in such instances taken seriously as the only recourse for sexually attacked junior individuals taken honestly considering the possible ramifications involved.
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ibsteve2u jgarbuz for America too?


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Just out of curiosity...do you see your "Nobody is allowed to touch anybody else in the military." as a

clever, back-door assault (no pun intended) upon our military's decision to let gay Americans sacrifice their limbs and lives
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pedro bundol ibsteve2u jgarbuz If you are going to impose equality on the military then impose equality in all areas. Dont expect to force women in the midst of men high on testosterone, trained to and expect to kill. You do not expect a grunt to face the enemy with his concentration on his female buddy beside him ? Have you ever been in a combat field under fire with a h {word} on ? Dodging bullets is already hard enough.
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ibsteve2u pedro bundol So you're saying all the enemy - ANY enemy - has to do to whup our forces is advance while holding Playboy centerfolds and nudie pics?

I don't think discipline has broken down that much since I got out...and further I don't think that sexual assault is a Pavlovian response; it takes a conscious decision to assault a woman (whether she is conscious or not).

That is, sexual assault because of "testosterone"/pheromones is a behavior characteristic of insects, fish and reptiles, not humans. Any grunt, zoomie, jarhead, or squid who lacks the discipline to remain above the intellectual level of a bug or a cold-blooded critter is a threat to his or her unit and/or unit readiness and should be served a baked chicken dinner, minimally.
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John Lammi Is this not just a manifestation of heterosexuality? "Heteros gone wild" is nothing new. They have always been a dangerous element in society; not just the Hitlers, Stalins, and Maos. They have always posed an ongoing danger, the danger that is seen in the military now.
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jgarbuz John Lammi

"Heteros gone Wild," what a joke! If women can't defend themselves in the military then what are they doing trying to defend the rest of us? IF women want to be warriors, then let's put it to the test. Train them hard to be marines and special ops units, and send them without males into battle and see how they fare. If they can win and accomplish their missions, then just great! But if not, why are they in the military at all? Of what use are they except as helpers?
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jm75681 you are the poster boy for the dangers of a closed gene pool.
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jgarbuz jm75681

You haven't answered what anyone who can't defend him or herself doing in a volunteer military?

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jm75681 jgarbuz I don't need to because it's not relevant. Let's break this down to the simplest possible language. Put this in a box: soldiers, whose salaries are paid for by our tax dollars, assaulting other soldiers. They are violating the very laws they are supposed to be defending. They are undermining the military effort. They need to be dishonorably discharged, period.
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CodyYoung jgarbuz jm75681 The best they can, which is all anyone can be expected to do. The military has analysts, engineers, technicians, yeomen, quartermasters, pilots, sailours and administrators numbered amongst its ranks. No contribution is any less vital than another. While I was in the service, I knew some incredibly capable individuals who I can unequivocally state quantifiably contributed to the defense of this nation whom wouldn't have been able to defend themselves against any form of slight or aggression in their personal lives.
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jgarbuz CodyYoung jm75681

So let military law deal with internal matters. There is civilian law and military law. I already stated that I believe military law should not permit any soldier to even touch another soldier for any reason, much less assault a fellow soldier. Why is any of this a civilian matter?
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pedro bundol jgarbuz jm75681 And they never will. That is why they are at an advantage. You ask a relevant question they would deflect and avoid and raise another irrelevant topic. Then with their buddies they swarm all over you. They get the break because liberals are never expected to be serious.
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pedro bundol jm75681 jgarbuz If you have been in the military you would know the salary and in wartime the risk is not worth it. You are insulting our military and on Memorial Day yet. Maybe if you have slept in the mud, in the heat and humidity with mosquitoes in Vietnam you will appreciate what I mean. If you have served in the military John Kerry would be your role model.
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jgarbuz pedro bundol

Were you referring to me? Vietnam was the last draftee war. It was because of Vietnam that the US switched to a VOLUNTEER army. The purpose of having a military is to destroy the enemy and win wars. It's not supposed to be a social club or a fun experience. It's not there just to employ people either. It exists to win wars. Otherwise, it should be disbanded altogether.
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pedro bundol jgarbuz I was not referring to you. Was referring to JM or whatever the heck his name is. I know Vietnam was the last draftee war. Volunteered when it was not fashionable to do so. As for not knowing it is not a social club I would be the last person on this page to tell that. Otherwise we are on the same page.
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jaylemeux I wish this made a better case for socialization, but I just don't think they made the case here.
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Women should be separated from men. You just cannot just mixed both sexes in the field together, in living quarters together under combat stress and behave men with high testoterone level to behave like Boy Scouts. You are going against the law of nature. This political correctness is going too far.
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jaylemeux pedro bundol No they shouldn't; yes you can; no you're not; and no it's not, respectively.
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pedro bundol jaylemeux Take your meds before posting. Then we can discuss.
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Mary_Shelley pedro bundol Did you actually read the article? The issue is broader than a military issue, and ergo your statement implies that women should always be separated from men. Forgive me if I think it's a bad idea to follow the Saudi Arabia example.
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pedro bundol Mary_Shelley Do I have to go beyond the headline to read the garbage ? Please grow up. Nobody is saying the Saudi Arabian example to follow. Have you been with a group of soldiers in their barracks in war time and at the front ? Have you heard the jokes which soldiers under duress are making ? They use that to relieve the tension. They like to go about half naked with out the fear of being accused of harassment. Women, now gays. How does it feel going to a shower naked with a gay soldier beside you ?
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ArmedwithInkstick Ironically, no one has noticed it since it doesn't fit the narrative, but the 2011 WGRA actually does give you a way to compare with the civilian world using common definitions. 27.5% of female respondents had reported that they had experienced unwanted sexual contact (21.7% were contacted by other military members, 5.8% by civilians) **since joining the military**. However, 30.2% of female respondents said that they had experienced unwanted sexual contact PRIOR to joining the military. So, tada! The military is better at reducing sexual assault.http://www.caaflog.com/2013/04/29/puttingunwanted-sexual-contact-numbers-in-context/(Drill down in the comments and you find we're better at convicting sexual assault, either) The 2012 Report (it's Volume II of the FY2012 SAPR Report) numbers (from page 6 of the PDF, page 4 of the report): Prior to joining the military: 30% of women, 6% of men. Since joining the military: 23% of women, 4% of men.
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MAJ_Dave The day former President William Jefferson Clinton is held to account for using his position to get blow jobs from a young intern, the country may take notice. Being held accountable should not depend on your position. The slippery slope to where we are is greased by the elite being held above all others. The Commander in Chief set the standard and got away with it, does this not set the stage for his subordinates? The outrage over recent statistics is almost amusing . . . is there some hypocricy here?
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Andrew Dale MAJ_Dave That may have been improper, but it's not the same thing as sexual assault.
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MAJ_Dave By any definition sexual assault is forcing or coercing a person of opposite sex.
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Clinton did use his position to entice a young woman to the Oval Office. Now using a cigar, forget it.

SEAN SPOONTS Ironic that the article laments the sexualization of thr culture but flacks for "The 10 hottest women on Instagram" and "The first openly gay General."
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Much of the static about the sexual assault climate in the military is caused by a media blowing the problem out of proportion. One assault is too many but civilian women have a roughly 20% chance of being assaulted in a population generally evenly split between the sexes. In the military ,where women are under represented 5 to 1 by men they suffer a 1 in 3 percent assault rate. If military men committed sexual assault as often as their civilian counterparts the assault rate in the military would be 100% (over 300% in the Corps where there are almost 20 men for every woman) . It's not. It's way below that yet there is an almost myopic focus by the media on portraying the military as a rape free zone. Why?

Because that's how they want America to view the military. It's in their DNA. That's why the press reports negative events in the military in a far greater proportion than positive news. Who was that last living Medal of Honor winner and what did he do?
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Rok8man majrod Part of the problem or part of the solution, maj (?)... it's recipient, not 'winner'. He didn't compete for it, he was THRUST into it.
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Eric_Strattoniii Terrible article, it assumes that the reports are accurate and uses the surveys own twisted view of what constitutes a crime, i.e; even harassment or unwanted sexual attention. Have either of the authors ever been to a club or bar? I think not if they cannot look at things honestly and objectively and who at the same time seem to go off on a loose connection between a hyper-sexualized country and the "assaults" in the military. It comes very close to a polemic advocating for a more puritanical society, but in the vein of harsh feminism. I am not sure since I do not know the authors very well, but either way this was a poorly researched, lacks historical understanding (did anyone see those posters of girls in WWII by chance?) and a false comparison with inaccurate interpretations of data. It is ok, since most won't actually look up the information that is readily available at the Army webpages, appears that authors have an agenda or just incapable of objectivity.
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Don Bacon Eric_Strattoniii Eric! Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe we went at it on Ricks's site with the hawk-dove thing. Anyhow I think we agree on one thing, the inadvisability of females in combat arms, which among other things will inevitably lead to problems given the wide effects of the dangerous drug testosterone.
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ibsteve2u Yeah, American society has a problem: From Wall Street to banking to corporate CEOs to Congressmen to Presidents (this current President being, mostly, the only exception in the last three decades), those who have the <i>most</i> success - defined, under capitalism, as their rate of self-enrichment and/or power accumulation - are almost <i>all</i> marked by their ability to <i>take</i> what they want <i>and get away with it</i>.

With role models who insist that profit/self-enrichment/sexual appetites justify any and all behavior and to hell with morality, ethics, honor, and patriotism (one might summarize as "the Ayn Rand-inization of America"), America is flat-out "lucky" that the decay in personal and corporate behavior is relatively slow and still some distance from the abrupt and total collapse that yields barbarism/Stalinism/Maoism/Nazism.

And I'm only hypothesizing that said total collapse is not imminent.
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