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18. "Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity."
Fri Mar 21, 2025, 01:28 AM
Mar 2025
Trump didn’t hide what he was going to do, it was all in Project 2025. The only conclusion is those that voted for him agree with that.


I think in many cases two more likely conclusions are that 1) Many voters never bother to find out about Project 2025 and simply bought into the positive hype Trump and his followers spewed. 2) They heard about Project 2025 but either believed Trump when he said he was unfamiliar with it or did not believe it was as bad as we were saying without ever looking for themselves.

In the words of Hanlon's razor they were stupid not malicious.

I have heard it argued that ignorance, wilful or not, is no excuse. And to an extent I agree. But I think a lot of voters never bother with thoughtful reflection or rigorous investigation. They simply vote for their team and hope/believe they will do right by them.

While many/most politician lie, the Old Man takes it to a level not seen in modern history and manages to fool vast swaths of the population. It is certainly past the "fool me twice" stage and those that keep falling for his tricks should be ashamed.

But I do not think they all wanted this suicidally destructive tornado tearing down everything, if only because they did not want their own houses demolished.

If ~30% of the electorate truly want this shitstorm, America has bigger problems that an orange buffoon and an idiotic oligarch.

Or so it seems to me.

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