[A re-post from yesterday.]
People who are both stupid and morally bankrupt have always been with us, but lately their influence on American politics has become particularly noteworthy. Yes, there have been plenty of evil people in American politics. Richard Nixon, who sabotaged a 1968 peace settlement to the Vietnam war, sabotage which resulted in the war being prolonged and the deaths of 1,000,000 Vietnamese and 20,000 U.S. servicemen, stands out among them. Idiots have also not been in short supply, grubby, nasty types who want to get into public office only so they can clumsily engage in bribe-taking. But with the rise of a powerful Right-wing propaganda machine (Fox “News”, Right-wing hate radio, OAN, etc.) and the huge spread of social media, a particularly noxious type of person has risen to power and prominence in our lives: The Evil Idiot. These people combine within themselves severely limited intellects and utter malice. They have a level of greed that would make a small-town bribe taker envious. Their stupidity is both laughable and frightening at the same time. And they are determined to do harm to other people, right up to and including murder.
Exhibit A:
Exhibit B:
Exhibit C:
Exhibit D:
And of course, Exhibit the Ultimate:
The rise of the evil idiot has been facilitated by cynical media, entertainment, and political figures who exploit them for ratings, clicks, power, and financial gain. They KNOW these people are evil idiots.
They don’t care.
They’re making money off of them.
And they’re using them to implement hideous policies.
You’ll notice that I didn’t call such figures as McConnell, Bill Barr, Tom Cotton, Josh Hawley, Ted Cruz, Rick Scott, Stephen Miller, the leaders of the “Christian” Right, and others like them evil idiots. These individuals are EVIL SMART PEOPLE, the kind of person that has always plagued the human race. Evil Smart People use Evil Idiots as the battering ram of their politics. They use them to bring the suckers, losers, morons, empty people, haters, and nutjobs under their control. People like this are their targets:
Vladimir Putin, a thoroughly evil smart person, has used the Ultimate Evil Idiot, Trump, to his advantage, a fact which should be plain to one and all by now.
IF WE ARE TO STOP THE TRIUMPH OF THE EVIL IDIOTS, AND RUIN THE PLANS THE EVIL SMART PEOPLE HAVE FOR OUR SUBJUGATION, WE MUST WIN THIS YEAR.
WE MUST WIN, AND WE WILL WIN. WE WILL GET OUT THE DEMOCRATIC VOTE LIKE NO OTHER ELECTION IN OUR HISTORY. OUR GOAL: ONE HUNDRED MILLION+ DEMOCRATIC VOTES.
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List of AFL-CIO Unions Endorsing President Biden
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From Wikipedia:
Donald’s ego is a fragile and inadequate barrier between him and the real world, which, thanks to his father’s money and power, he never had to negotiate by himself. Donald has always needed to perpetuate the fiction my grandfather started that he is strong, smart, and otherwise extraordinary, because facing the truth — that he is none of those things — is too terrifying for him to contemplate.
Thanks to his first criminal trial, that fiction is finally starting to unravel, and now is the time to exert pressure on his points of vulnerability.--Mary Trump
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