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Bernardo de La Paz

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1. The poorly educated & sub-par intellects hate being proven wrong so frequently. This is their revenge.
Thu May 29, 2025, 11:18 AM
May 29

Cheating (a la tRumpism) is somewhat effective but is severely limited by punishment and the Peter Principle. tRump vaulted from reality show host to the top job, skipping over multiple steps that usually weed out idiots.

Instead of getting jammed down as a state senator where he would have been exposed as incompetent (Peter Principle), he skipped all the vetting. Not to forget his two main bits of cleverness are manipulating media and using other people's money.

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