It’s been a little over half a year since RFK Jr. was confirmed as Secretary of Health and Human Services and his tenure thus far has been chaotic, to put it mildly. Listing all of the variou…
It’s that same core of 30% that apparently want to follow the GOP straight to their own graves. As much as Trump is the current problem, there needs to be a reckoning with this rot sooner or later.
A chunk of any group of humans just wants someone to confidently tell them what to do.
Unfortunately intelligence and confidence is usually an either/or thing.
Someone who knows their shit and is intelligent is aware of possible flaws with their plan, and is pre-emptively coming up with possible fixes if needed. They will never be 100% confident.
But an idiot with no idea what they’re talking about?
That’s exactly the type of person to always be 100% confident.
Our monkey brains are wired to think that if someone is that confident, they’d be dead if they weren’t also capable.
Generational wealth/power isn’t unique to humans, but inherited wealth/power is. With everything else if the powerful parent is gone, the nepo kids lose all status.
That’s the disconnect from how we evolved and how we currently live. Especially when we stop educating people so they can think past instincts
Think of that one guy in the office who is just average. Does their job OK, but your life is better when you don’t have to interact too much with em.
Not really all that interesting to talk to. Maybe has some dull hobbies, probably not all that deep into them. Drives a midsize sedan or a minivan. Can do some household repairs so long as it involves a hammer or duct tape: Probably likes to mow the grass as a good pastime. Sits a lot, enjoys watching the TV. Hasn’t read a book in years.
Now realize that 50% of the population is him or worse.
Hell, 16% of people think nuclear war would be a good idea. So yea, morons.
I think the same percentage of people approved of Nixon even as he got on the helicopter to fly away, an absolute disgrace. It’s probably the exact same people in some instances, certainly the exact same type of people…
W probably had similar numbers, and was why his supporters were given the “out” of the astroturfed and completely fake, teabagger movement. The “Tea Party” doesn’t exist any more than the “Democrat (sic) Party” does.
I don’t know if Taco will go out with similar numbers, but I think something will be done in the aftermath to give these people an out. In the aftermath of Nixon there was no real “out” for the voter, but the rabid right wing set to work on building Bullshit Mountain so that they’d never have to worry about a mainstream media telling their voters something they didn’t want to hear…
It’s that same core of 30% that apparently want to follow the GOP straight to their own graves. As much as Trump is the current problem, there needs to be a reckoning with this rot sooner or later.
It’s normal human variation.
A chunk of any group of humans just wants someone to confidently tell them what to do.
Unfortunately intelligence and confidence is usually an either/or thing.
Someone who knows their shit and is intelligent is aware of possible flaws with their plan, and is pre-emptively coming up with possible fixes if needed. They will never be 100% confident.
But an idiot with no idea what they’re talking about?
That’s exactly the type of person to always be 100% confident.
Our monkey brains are wired to think that if someone is that confident, they’d be dead if they weren’t also capable.
Generational wealth/power isn’t unique to humans, but inherited wealth/power is. With everything else if the powerful parent is gone, the nepo kids lose all status.
That’s the disconnect from how we evolved and how we currently live. Especially when we stop educating people so they can think past instincts
Think of that one guy in the office who is just average. Does their job OK, but your life is better when you don’t have to interact too much with em.
Not really all that interesting to talk to. Maybe has some dull hobbies, probably not all that deep into them. Drives a midsize sedan or a minivan. Can do some household repairs so long as it involves a hammer or duct tape: Probably likes to mow the grass as a good pastime. Sits a lot, enjoys watching the TV. Hasn’t read a book in years.
Now realize that 50% of the population is him or worse.
Hell, 16% of people think nuclear war would be a good idea. So yea, morons.
This one goes out to you, Dan.
You know what Stuart? I like you.
https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=71PNZH1OaW0
I think the same percentage of people approved of Nixon even as he got on the helicopter to fly away, an absolute disgrace. It’s probably the exact same people in some instances, certainly the exact same type of people…
W probably had similar numbers, and was why his supporters were given the “out” of the astroturfed and completely fake, teabagger movement. The “Tea Party” doesn’t exist any more than the “Democrat (sic) Party” does.
I don’t know if Taco will go out with similar numbers, but I think something will be done in the aftermath to give these people an out. In the aftermath of Nixon there was no real “out” for the voter, but the rabid right wing set to work on building Bullshit Mountain so that they’d never have to worry about a mainstream media telling their voters something they didn’t want to hear…