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> To stray, you either have to be really smart (come up with a brilliant bet no one else sees), or really dumb (not realizing there are better bets to achieve
by danans 7y ago
> To stray, you either have to be really smart (come up with a brilliant bet no one else sees), or really dumb (not realizing there are better bets to achieve your goal). Trump was the latter.
I guess I'm not convinced that it's easy to differentiate the two.
I'm no supporter of the current POTUS, but I think his reality-TV derived smarts are indeed a kind of "smarts", in the same way that con-artists, or even popular show-runners are very smart. For one thing, they know their audience.
Of course it's a disaster in our current situation, but I don't think he won the office through pure idiocy.
- RealityVoid 7y agoIt's also possible that he doesn't know his audience and he doesn't pretend. It's also possible it's just the way he is and what he believes.
- danans 7y agoThat's the "dumbness" explanation of why he recommended disinfectant injection. I guess I don't buy that it's dumb, in the same way that I don't think Infowars pushing its fake covid19 cures and treatments is dumb, even if it is ethically reprehensible. https://apnews.com/be17f735971aa03b32794c482f8b9c06 https://apnews.com/be17f735971aa03b32794c482f8b9c06