[senordevnyc]

I think this is an excellent point. If Trump and Musk were as brilliantly malicious as the Left claims, they’d be going about this much smarter. I think they’re solipsistic, nihilistic fools, and they’re going to ruin tens of millions of people’s lives.

[jmull]

> brilliantly malicious

The left overwhelmingly describe Trump and Musk as idiots.

[fallingknife]

While they repeatedly lose to them. I find it hilarious.

[jmull]

From my perspective you are all dupes to the billionaires.

That people could fall for the left vs. right narrative is what I find hilarious (not in the "ha, ha" kind of way, though).

[fallingknife]

"Dupes to the billionaires" sounds like something a dupe to the bureaucracy would say. I've never once had a problem with a billionaire. They have the common courtesy to stay out of my life. Can't say the same for the bureaucrats and their worthless gatekeepers and credentialed "experts" I'm forced to pay and spend time on because of their endless rules.

[watwut]

Smart and winning are not the same. Left was very correct about conservatives, Trump and Musk. They were correct about Vance too. They were punished for being correct.

Plus the rules are assymetric - Republicans can lie, strike outrage and do massively amoral things, but left and democrats are criticized for the same. Both sidism ensures that when Republicans do something bad, center knee jerks with euphemism it away while massively criticizing minor issues on democratic side.