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The thing is they aren't intellectually deficient. They are deliberately spreading propaganda, to try and make an oligarchic takeover of the United States seem
by ncallaway 2y ago
The thing is they aren't intellectually deficient. They are deliberately spreading propaganda, to try and make an oligarchic takeover of the United States seem more palatable to the masses.
They are working to secure the conditions for themselves that the French royalty and elite had in 1788, while preventing the masses from reacting how they did in France.
So, no, I don't believe that they're intellectually deficient. They're just liars.
- imadierich 2y ago[dead]
- iyn 2y agoI've too been thinking along these lines lately. A month ago I would think it's an alarmist/overblown to frame the situation in such a way but simply looking at the actions and ignoring the "justification"/propaganda must result in updating the model - it's indeed oligarchic takeover.
- groestl 2y agoCould be both?
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- afavour 2y agoI think they’re intellectually incurious rather than deficient. They’re not dumb people. But they’re so convinced of their own genius that despite knowing nothing about how government actually works they are still convinced they know how to fix it.
- disgruntledphd2 2y agoI mean, it's like a pastiche of naive startup founders meeting the reality of the industry they're trying to disrupt.