Found an imaginary problem, said only they could fix it, didn’t listen to experts, hired buddies who grifted millions, failed miserably, bragged how great it went.
The entire Trump presidency in a nutshell.
“They were careless people… they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.”
- F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
@HistoryBoomer I'm probably around 3, 2 if I really focus. Definitely not hyperphanatastic, but not aphantastic either.
You and Matt seem to be in good company with @kittypurrzog
@HistoryBoomer Matt Yglesias seems to do that to people. Another one with a bit of an obsession is Freddie DeBoer, although at least he is often specific rather than just insulting in his criticisms.