He definitely acts like an idiot - while I’m inclined to agree that it’s most likely sincere, I refuse to treat him like one. He needs to be held accountable as though everything he did was lucid and calculated, even if he is just Putin’s sock puppet.
I don’t want to give him too much credit for more competence than he shows, but how has he gotten this far? It’s not like he’s even had strong people manipulating g him - his family is more corrupt and incompetent than he is. And almost as narcissistic. Something got him into the presidency, somehow. Something’s got him a cult-like following despite acting against his own followers, somehow.
When it comes to world leaders, I take the opposite approach as Hanlon’s Razor: Never assume stupidity when malice is a plausible explanation.
Notice how the party of ‘the cruelty is the point’ is also full of blundering idiots. That may be in part because actual blundering idiots are attracted to that bullshit; but it’s also likely because it’s a successful strategy in that political environment.
I don’t really care that they’re just stupid - the problem is they’re evil.
He definitely acts like an idiot - while I’m inclined to agree that it’s most likely sincere, I refuse to treat him like one. He needs to be held accountable as though everything he did was lucid and calculated, even if he is just Putin’s sock puppet.
I don’t want to give him too much credit for more competence than he shows, but how has he gotten this far? It’s not like he’s even had strong people manipulating g him - his family is more corrupt and incompetent than he is. And almost as narcissistic. Something got him into the presidency, somehow. Something’s got him a cult-like following despite acting against his own followers, somehow.
When it comes to world leaders, I take the opposite approach as Hanlon’s Razor: Never assume stupidity when malice is a plausible explanation.
Notice how the party of ‘the cruelty is the point’ is also full of blundering idiots. That may be in part because actual blundering idiots are attracted to that bullshit; but it’s also likely because it’s a successful strategy in that political environment.
I don’t really care that they’re just stupid - the problem is they’re evil.