...makes it do. There are no evil geniuses behind this movement--only evil fools who've been told their whole lives they are geniuses. Some of them may be computer geniuses, finance geniuses, etc., but that does not make them geniuses in fascism.

The fear used to be that Emperor Tangerine was just a useful idiot for the really smart and calculating people behind the scenes, but I think we can put that idea to rest. Those people--it turns out--were just opportunists looking to cash in--and cash in they have.

But the whole authoritarian schtick is being done by the dumbest possible clowns in the circus. It would be easier to list what they have gotten right so far. I'm drawing a blank, but it would be a lot easier....

We know the stupid fools are not smart enough to cook up these schemes.
Someone else is pulling the strings.

Of course the master minds would hire stupid fools as the front men.
To entertain, distract, disarm.

It is brilliant.

Greatest crime of the 21st century and we are living in it.

And everything being done benefits several very obvious groups.
Global billionaires and our enemies, Russia, China, Saudi, etc.

Always ask WHO BENEFITS.
Then you have your answer,

Elon Musk's lack of true genius and brilliance was on full display when he haphazardly DOGEd his way into getting Tesla dealerships firebombed and losing an enormous amount of market share. He and a lot of other people thought he was a genius, but that episode knocked the venire off of that idea pretty quickly.

Vladimire Putin's hubris led him to expose how weak his "superpower" military really was when he was unable to "take Ukraine in a weekend" as so much of the world predicted. No, it turned out the brilliant puppet master had let the oligarchs abscond with all the money and leave the soldiers fighting with cardboard bulletproof vests. Genius.

The geniuses over in Saudi Arabia couldn't even disappear a journalist without causing an international incident.

Faux News is filled with so many geniuses they had to pay a $787 million settlement and admit to telling lies about the 2020 Election.

The puppet masters have created puppets that reflect their own concept of genius. What they really do is show the world their stupidity and depravity.

The fact that they benefit doesn't make them geniuses--but it does make them dangerous and evil.

He has some narrow intelligence.

And I never said the evil geniuses are perfect.
They are full of hubris and make mistakes yes.

But they have pulled off the single biggest crime in US history.
Destroying our country without firing a shot.

And the US doesn't even lift a finger to fight back.

Pure genius.

This country has been through a lot--including a brutal civil war--and it has not been destroyed yet.

A lot of what is happening to us now is more human nature than evil genius. We can see the same use and abuse of natural divisions in society to amass wealth and power throughout human history.

In my opinion, if actual genius were at work we would be in a lot more trouble than we find ourselves today.

I would posit that we face uncoordinated factions with very different goals in mind. They all play a role in what we see happening today, but they often find themselves at odds with each other as they jockey for power and influence.

Today's political landscape is reminiscent of the European invasion of the New World:
Different factions all descended on the newly-discovered continent with different goals like the pursuit of gold, silver, new trade routes, and other valuable resources like sugar; spreading Christianity (Catholicism for Spain/France, Protestantism for England) and countering rival faiths; furthering the intense imperial rivalries between Spain, Portugal, England, and France for territory and dominance--and all of it was enabled by technological advances like improved ships, compasses, and navigation tools enabling long-distance ocean voyages.

To the native Americans it probably looked like a coordinated effort; it was anything but. Had they not largely died of diseases that the Europeans brought across the ocean with them they may have been able to use these divisions to their advantage--which is what we have to do now.

The story of our United States of America is one of leveraging the intense rivalry between Britain and France to gain our own independence.

We are not out of the battle yet....

Stevie could probably add an inch if he'd straighten up his neck. But then he wouldn't be able to give that Goebbel's glower.

Robert Reich is 4'11" and he is one of the good guys. Read his book, "Coming up Short." I believe he has podcasts and other communications as well.

He may act mediocre and dumb, but don’t let that fool you.

He really is mediocre and dumb!

(Hat tip to Mr Marx…)

he gets taller.

But on the scale of humanity, he’s positively microscopic.