With politics (especially the GOP), it’s the opposite of Hanlon’s razor – Never attribute to stupidity that which is adequately explained by malice.
These fuckers are shooting for some combination of harming an outgroup, or profiting from corruption. They’re not idiots, they’re evil. They act like idiots because that’s what their base finds relatable.
Idiots
With politics (especially the GOP), it’s the opposite of Hanlon’s razor – Never attribute to stupidity that which is adequately explained by malice.
These fuckers are shooting for some combination of harming an outgroup, or profiting from corruption. They’re not idiots, they’re evil. They act like idiots because that’s what their base finds relatable.