I used to just ride off conspiracy theory believers as idiots, but the amount of power and influence they have is becoming too much of a problem to ignore.
The progress of humanity is literally being slowed down by these people.
thats what im saying.
I hate The Classic Reagan style Politician too, dont get me wrong.
But the Suits could be reasoned with, since they are shamelessly greedy and power hungry.
Crazies like Marjorie Taylor Greene,
genuinely believe they are the heroes of this story.
Trump is somewhere in between. Genuinely convinced of his delusions but craven enough to not stoke things too much as to save his own ass and keep making money.
Conservatives dont seem to understand that a younger, more dedicated generation of fringe righters are coming up and dont GIVE A fukk about money or prestige or bureaucracy. In their mind, Leftists/marxists/communists/whoever have already taken everything from them but their constitutional rights. And even more dangerous than them are the White Nationalists who dont really fukk with Capitalism or the idea of a Diverse Western Hemisphere, period.
This is ilterally how Nazi Germany came about. The Aristocratic suits thought they could control Hitler and that he was a crazy outlier.
Until he wasnt.