It's the entire ethos they follow, though. The principle isn't "no wars" or anything else.

It's:

1. Reality and truth are not objective but determined by us

2. Power is all that matters, and it's our job to grab it

3. The ends always justify the means. See 2 for the ends.
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And see 1 for a primary example of the means.
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The principle is just cruelty to others
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Replying to @eladn.bsky.social
A man who believes in nothing will still kneel before the mirror each morning to shave the face he shows the world.
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All of this is very true, and yetβ€”it seems rather clear that between 2020 and 2024, Trumpists/alt-righters sold each other a kind of basic antiwar platform "for real," specifically as an indirect means of leaving first Afghanis on their own against the Taliban, and then Ukraine/Western Europe >
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on its own against Putin, and maybe eventually Gaza on its own against Netanyahu.
For all intents and purposes, Trumpists/alt-righters took that specific kind of antiwar-ness as seriously as they've ever taken any effort to empower bad guys.
Then Trump got back into the presidency and >
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And sadism. So much sadism.
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Textbook abuser mentality.
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