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by dangus 257 days ago
I would submit the idea that the people advising this administration are not very smart. In what discernible way has this administration biased its selection process to include “smart?”

I don’t underestimate their ability to do damage but calling them smart is generous.

Not even Peter Thiel, he’s one of the most over-hyped people in tech. Access to capital is not intelligence, and a lot of his capital comes from the equivalent of casino wins with PayPal and Facebook.