> The Nazi comparisons are useful, but the Trump instinct to address negative outcomes by firing and silencing anyone on their team foolish enough to report them always makes me think of Mao and the Great Famine.
Sure why not both? But the dogma of dear leader ism & willingness to have the facts be what they say you are, to habitually step on experts & spread distrust (using a sharpie on the hurricane predictions) is something seriously enjoying huffing it's own farts.
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> The Nazi comparisons are useful, but the Trump instinct to address negative outcomes by firing and silencing anyone on their team foolish enough to report them always makes me think of Mao and the Great Famine.
https://bsky.app/profile/joekatz45.bsky.social/post/3lvem6co...
Sure why not both? But the dogma of dear leader ism & willingness to have the facts be what they say you are, to habitually step on experts & spread distrust (using a sharpie on the hurricane predictions) is something seriously enjoying huffing it's own farts.