Photo credit: Canva (left), Unknown/Wikimedia Commons (right) – Holocaust memorial in Budapest, Hungary (left), Dietrich Bonhoeffer with religious students in 1932 (right)

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Dietrich Bonhoeffer argued that stupidity is more dangerous than evil. He was right.

Veterans are trained to put everyone else first. What happens when they prioritize themselves?