I mean, he’s not wrong…
even broken clock is correct once per day…
Twice per day
Not mine! It’s stuck on 88:88
It’s always 88.88 somewhere! holds up drink festively
As… ridiculously fucking stupid as this sounds, it is what his base wants to hear.
They don’t see “smart people” and think “people with an above average IQ” (and they sure as fuck don’t understand what “average” means). They see “intellectuals” and “college students” and “pink haired people”. Or, simply put, “people who think I am wrong”. Which is exactly what they want to hate.
They desperate for the world to be simple so that their simple, “elegant” solution and “clean, traditional living” or whatever the hell else they got going on is justified. But also they’ll ignore any times that indigineous are right about things like caring for the environment in simple, clean ways.
Put it short, they just want to be validated without putting any work in. Saw too many movies they thought were documentaries.
They desperate for the world to be simple so that their simple, “elegant” solution…
Tbh, that’s most people, most of the time.
Logical run through:
*His statement: If you’re smart, you don’t like me.
*Contrapositive: If you like me, you are not smart.
Got it.
It’s fucked up that he says it like it’s some sort of flex, and his cultists eat it up.
I know that there has been a demonization of higher learning for a very long time in Conservative america. But I’m floored by how pervasive it’s become that a vast majority have been completely gaslit by it.
The third feature of Fascism.
Irrationalism also depends on the cult of action for action’s sake. Action being beautiful in itself, it must be taken before, or without, any previous reflection. Thinking is a form of emasculation. Therefore culture is suspect insofar as it is identified with critical attitudes. Distrust of the intellectual world has always been a symptom of Ur-Fascism, from Goering’s alleged statement (“When I hear talk of culture I reach for my gun”) to the frequent use of such expressions as “degenerate intellectuals,” “eggheads,” “effete snobs,” “universities are a nest of reds.” The official Fascist intellectuals were mainly engaged in attacking modern culture and the liberal intelligentsia for having betrayed traditional values.
I do have to wonder what a society looks like when every decision is always pulling the trolley lever
I will always upvote Ur-Fascism. Anyone who hasn’t read it needs to take 5 mins or so and do it. It’s very short.
Unfortunately, I believe we are past the “Ur-” phase.
I don’t like him.
Your MENSA card has shipped.
I’m gonna give him credit here.
It’s the first truthful AND self-aware thing he’s said his entire term.
He said something truthful during his first term, too!
Did he say “I rape children”?
Maybe he meant it differently? I cannot imagine the Trump self awareness thing. Maybe he lost more of his filter than before due to age?
