British and French were ready to pre-emptively invade Norway. Had troops right off the coast ready to disembark. Germans beat them to the mark by a day or two. They then smoothly switched gears to an “intervention” and the corporate media covered for them.
You are in command now… Admiral Piett!
Elite contempt.
They don’t want to just win, they want to win and show just how much disgust they have for the good guys. Moreover they don’t need to try to win, they think they simply deserve to win based on how morally and technically superior they are. And sadly, IRL it happens all too often. They’re right, they win and rub the loser’s nose in it on the way out. They then go home and feel like a million bucks and the corporate media writes fawning stories about how great they are.
The only reason Tarkin lost was because it was a work of fiction.
The US first amendment is widely regarded worldwide as extremist. Its protections are only ever claimed by racists as an excuse to spew hate speech. There’s a reason private platforms don’t follow it, but the US government is handcuffed.