The thing that so utterly pains me about the state of humanity is that your Donald Trumps, Boris Johnsons, Marine LePens, Silvio Berlusconis, André Venturas, and all such are painfully obvious bullshit merchants.
And people still buy what they’re selling.
Loungeiguana
in reply to Sarah Brown • • •I think part of the reason is an assumption that all politicians are lying assholes, so you may as well back the one who's appealing to you and promising to upset the current order that you don't feel invested in.
I don't think they have any illusions about the character of these people, they just don't care.
Alexandra Lanes
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