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Political outsiders are always called crazy and/or incompetent, and since the parties can control reality via their media influence everyone accepts the narrati
by newbamboo 5y ago
Political outsiders are always called crazy and/or incompetent, and since the parties can control reality via their media influence everyone accepts the narrative. Arnold Schwarzenegger was supposed to destroy the state, Ross Perot was mocked as a crazy incompetent, Ralph Nader etc… Always the same narrative.
But the reality is, the stars of both political parties are, in many cases, crazy or incompetent themselves. Many examples. Some of the top party figures are starting to suffer from dementia and literally have had episodes, clear mental lapses, while speaking publicly. Despite the recorded evidence, the average news watching voter is convinced that political outsiders, even those who have had long successful careers in some competitive field outside politics (say brain surgeon or ceo) cannot perform similar duties because they don’t have the party’s endorsement. Party endorsement is not evidence of sanity or competent leadership.
- 01100011 5y agoNo, I mean I've gone to a GOP convention in San Diego and met them. A lot of them are literally not sane. I encourage everyone to go actually meet pols sometime. It was frightening. I don't think Nancy Pelosi is crazy. Self serving and out of touch, yes, but not actually crazy.