Or --
#ETTD strikes again.
(As long as the Fakebake Fuhrer gets his, he won't care. But at some point...even his luck will run out, a la "Orwell's nose.")
"Thus Trump finds himself encumbered by a familiar dilemma — an army of yes-men can feel good to a certain kind of leader, but it’s not going to be competent. One can only hope Trump remains unable to solve this predicament of his own making."
the worst congregate around him, his corruption attracts them, only with him could they have any hope of success, so they cling to his version of Pascal's Wager, the creation of a lifelong psychopathic con artist.
he knows his marks, and only the most desperate and least competent will stick to him to the end.
where else would Goebbels go now incarnated as Stephen Miller, for example?
they're parodies, simulacra of a past eruption from the depths of Homo sapiens' psyche.
@holon42 @InUnfunky
They even bare a resemblance to each other.
@Jeber @InUnfunky
i know, that's what made me think of reincarnation.☠️