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Pete Hegseth: “No country in human history that I can recall hasn't has…”

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The Rise and Fall of American Patriotism Pete Hegseth The Way I Heard It

Published | Video Starts at 08:32

We're in unchartered waters in this century trying to keep a country while simultaneously training up the young minds of that country to at best be skeptical and at worst, loathe the country they're growing up in. No country in human history that I can recall hasn't has done that or attempted to say, we are great. Here's who we are, but we want to teach our young kid that we're not kids that were not so great, and then somehow maintain a trajectory. (08:32–08:40)

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Asserts that no country in history has taught its youth to be skeptical or loathe their country while claiming greatness.

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