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eliothiggins.bsky.social • 12 days ago

Trump and Musk don't need intelligence, just unwavering loyalty.

Reposted from David Corn

Trump and Musk are waging a war on intelligent government.

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johngage1.bsky.social•12 days ago

“Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty”

-Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism (1951)

eliothiggins.bsky.social•12 days ago

Like I've been saying, what we're seeing is nothing new, it's just happening in a different information landscape.

richjvann.bsky.social•10 days ago

Unwavering 100% loyalty is antithetical to credibility. Everyone should assume that everything someone with unwavering loyalty to Trump says is a lie.

securitas.bsky.social•12 days ago

It's basically the Putin system.

ashbow.bsky.social•11 days ago

Authoritarian regimes are run by mafia surrounded by unqualified loyalists. They degrade expertise, science and knowledge. The make the life of the elite miserable to get them to leave the country

cathogan.bsky.social•12 days ago

Certainly ticks one of the totalitarianism boxes, doesn't it?!

smashthatgun.bsky.social•12 days ago

It is the foundation of right wing authoritarianism

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