The truth is that all of these fascists sound like morons and clowns. They’re buffoonish and stupid in how they read to anyone with an education (formal or informal). But then they gain power. And it’s not funny what they do, even though it’s the same moronic, buffoonish stupidity they’ve been saying and doing all along. Go back and read about the early Nazi party. People thought they were stupid clowns. And they were. And then they won on a technicality. And they were still stupid clowns. But with the power to do unbelievably horrible things.
So it doesn’t matter what you think of these people. It just matters what you do to them.
And the only thing to do with clownish buffoonish stupid people who want power is to make them know they are unwelcome in public wherever they are.
And they were still stupid clowns. But with the power to do unbelievably horrible things.
This is also why education is so important: It enables more people to recognize these morons for the idiots they are. Which is why one of the throughlines of any undemocratic system is to keep education away from people.
Education is not the only thing, i know some pretty well educated people, who will still buy into propaganda, it a mix of education and a more sceptical approach to information in general.
I'll be honest, champ: Your friend isn't 'generally smart' he just is coherent. Your perception of him is likely framed around his ability to operate at a functional level but his actual IQ is probably hovering much closer to the median than you think, it's just our perception of 'stupid' is really loosely defined around a series of cultural standards. It's why southern drawls cause people to assume that person is of a lower IQ with zero evidence.
If that's the lynchpin of your entire story though, why lie about it to be nice? You're talking anonymously to strangers online. That's like me telling you an entire story that hinges on my house being red, but it's actually blue and the red part was irrelevant the whole time.
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u/ahenobarbus_horse Jan 31 '25
The truth is that all of these fascists sound like morons and clowns. They’re buffoonish and stupid in how they read to anyone with an education (formal or informal). But then they gain power. And it’s not funny what they do, even though it’s the same moronic, buffoonish stupidity they’ve been saying and doing all along. Go back and read about the early Nazi party. People thought they were stupid clowns. And they were. And then they won on a technicality. And they were still stupid clowns. But with the power to do unbelievably horrible things.
So it doesn’t matter what you think of these people. It just matters what you do to them.
And the only thing to do with clownish buffoonish stupid people who want power is to make them know they are unwelcome in public wherever they are.