Unironically -- I think one of the hardest things for us to process is how cartoonish our current crop of villains are. I think, I must be missing something?

At the same time, I see now that the more complex a society becomes, the more effectively it selects for pure amoral Machiavellians.
I owe an apology to all James Bond movies. I mocked them for having completely unrealistic, cartoonish villains that simply weren't believable.

2025 has made it impossible to levy that criticism anymore.

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