Anyone who claims that incompetence doesn't cause substantial harm is probably someone whose incompetence has done serious harm in the past, and they're just not aware of it (consciously or not).
I mean...come on, everyone I have ever talked to who has had a job at the bottom rung of any workplace (so just about everyone) can tell stories of idiots who got promoted beyond their capabilities fucking things up for the people below them.
Also, case in point, THE ENTIRETY OF TRUMP'S FIRST TERM. And dubya's for that matter.
There used to be a standard question for all job interviews, and it went like this:
“what kind of person do you not get along with?:”
The first time I ran into this was for entry into a graduate program. I did not know the correct answer at that time, but I learn it quickly and have never forgotten it.
“I get along with pretty much everybody, but I have to say that people who do their job in a way that makes more work for others are probably the biggest challenge.“
Excellent commentary and points. There is a REASON fascists resort to the basest human emotions to create adulation of the leader. They can't get anything done without this.
I worked in Wickliffe, KY, across the Ohio River from Cairo, 2005-2014. By 2005, it was a pretty sad place, but there was still a good burger joint and a Chinese restaurant that made it worth the drive for an occasion lunch. By 2012, both were gone and nothing similar took their place. I was in Wickliffe on a business trip in 2022, and drove over to Cairo just to have a look. I wouldn’t have thought it possible, but the city was even sadder and lonelier than in 2022. Fifty-five years of continuous decline.
Why do you all assume he is a fascist? He is a plutocrat- under a true fascist government he would not have been able to acquire the wealth that got him where he is in the first place because the government would actively prevent him and others from doing that.
He didn't call them off, he just agreed to postpone them for a month. At which time he'll try to extract more concessions. He's got tariffs on the brain, they're the solution to everything.
Anyone who claims that incompetence doesn't cause substantial harm is probably someone whose incompetence has done serious harm in the past, and they're just not aware of it (consciously or not).
I mean...come on, everyone I have ever talked to who has had a job at the bottom rung of any workplace (so just about everyone) can tell stories of idiots who got promoted beyond their capabilities fucking things up for the people below them.
Also, case in point, THE ENTIRETY OF TRUMP'S FIRST TERM. And dubya's for that matter.
There used to be a standard question for all job interviews, and it went like this:
“what kind of person do you not get along with?:”
The first time I ran into this was for entry into a graduate program. I did not know the correct answer at that time, but I learn it quickly and have never forgotten it.
“I get along with pretty much everybody, but I have to say that people who do their job in a way that makes more work for others are probably the biggest challenge.“
Excellent commentary and points. There is a REASON fascists resort to the basest human emotions to create adulation of the leader. They can't get anything done without this.
Well argued and compelling.
I worked in Wickliffe, KY, across the Ohio River from Cairo, 2005-2014. By 2005, it was a pretty sad place, but there was still a good burger joint and a Chinese restaurant that made it worth the drive for an occasion lunch. By 2012, both were gone and nothing similar took their place. I was in Wickliffe on a business trip in 2022, and drove over to Cairo just to have a look. I wouldn’t have thought it possible, but the city was even sadder and lonelier than in 2022. Fifty-five years of continuous decline.
Hitler was wildly incompetent. Attacking Russia after signing the Molotov-Ribbentrop accords anyone? Gee.
Hitler also was a weak man. One can wonder if a person’s internal weakness leads them to become a fascist.
Why do you all assume he is a fascist? He is a plutocrat- under a true fascist government he would not have been able to acquire the wealth that got him where he is in the first place because the government would actively prevent him and others from doing that.
Fascism is not anti capitalist. The idea that is is is capitalist propaganda.
Ppl made tons of money under Hitler. Also under Jim Crow.
Fwiw, the most important scholar of fascism living said trump was a fascist.
I just wish he would dump the tariffs on Canada. He managed to call them off in relation to Mexico, so there's hope.
He didn't call them off, he just agreed to postpone them for a month. At which time he'll try to extract more concessions. He's got tariffs on the brain, they're the solution to everything.
Never seen “is is is“ before.
Good typos inspire to higher level thinking…