• Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Depends on how they progress. Smart doesn’t necessarily mean good.

    They all act like morons, but especially for the ones on top, it becomes a question of whether they came into power by being just the right type of stupid; or are they just good at behaving like an idiot because that’s an effective way to manipulate actual idiots?

    We have a tendency to be dismissive of them as -just- being stupid, but every time we give them the village-idiot pass, we’re making their strategy that much more successful.

    Look at the harm Trump has caused - he wouldn’t get away with a tenth of what he’s done if he acted competently.

     

    …honestly it’s basically the Darth Jar Jar fan theory - you can get away with doing all kinds of evil if you just act like an idiot while you do it.