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I am familiar with this definition of stupidity as well as the Hanlon's razor: "Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity." The
by beloch 2y ago
I am familiar with this definition of stupidity as well as the Hanlon's razor: "Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity."
The thing is, I don't think what Trump is doing is adequately explained by stupidity. He's going well out of his way to harm the U.S.'s own interests in a way that, by too-strange a coincidence, helps Russia.
- DFHippie 2y agoYep. If Putin managed to install a Trojan Horse president bent on attacking the country internally on all fronts, that president would do what Trump is doing. What's flabbergasting is how the Republican Party is enabling this. I thought they had more self-respect. I think the dam will break and many people will start pretending they never supported Trump. And I think this Trump's minders know this, which is why they're destroying everything with such haste. They know they have limited time to gut the country.
- chuckadams 2y agoThat's been the Republican MO since the 90's: break everything, then blame the Democrats for not cleaning up the mess fast enough. I always expected that behavior. What I never thought I'd live to see was watching the Republican Party of all people outright turn into a Russian fifth column.
- TheOtherHobbes 2y agoIt shouldn't be a surprise to see greedy selfish people being corrupted by foreign money. Russia is neither the first nor the only country to be doing this in the US.
- chuckadams 2y agoI think "Russia, if you're listening" goes well beyond just foreign money.