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Author should look more into Euro politics. Plenty of dumb people there. Plenty of ways to make fun of smart people too. In fact, US feels much more "cult of
by mantas 8y ago
Author should look more into Euro politics. Plenty of dumb people there.
Plenty of ways to make fun of smart people too.
In fact, US feels much more "cult of genius" than Europe... At least from afar.
- adventured 8y ago> In fact, US feels much more "cult of genius" than Europe... At least from afar. You're making the same mistake with that line of thinking that the author did.
- askmike 8y agoI very much disagree. If you look at most politicians in a high enough positions in a lot of European countries, you won't find any movie stars (Reagan, Eastwood, Schwarzenegger) nor reality TV stars like Trump. The Prime minister of my country would never qualify for the terminator[1]. [1] https://www.government.nl/government/members-of-cabinet/mark-rutte https://www.government.nl/government/members-of-cabinet/mark...
- mantas 8y agoMy country had "party of entertainment stars" take 2nd in parliament elections several years ago. Then long time TV star served as head of parliament. Most recent election was won by literally "farmers party" with quite a few.. interesting personalities. We alone should make up for NL being boring :) And then we got Italy...