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Sympthsical

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17. Agreed. And sensationalism matters.
Fri May 22, 2026, 11:23 AM
Friday

There's always some Scooby Doo culprit for why things are the way they are. It doesn't help we're currently undergoing a new devolution into social media spread conspiracy theories where there's always some secret thing behind all bad events.

One of the phrases that stuck with me throughout reading history and philosophy is "the banality of evil." Humans are really boring when you really get down to it. They don't have grand plans and Bond villain level machinations. Layers within layers of ingenious planning, anticipating their opposition five moves ahead.

They're dumb. Trump is a very dumb person. The people around him are dumb. We can see everything they do, because they keep telling us about it. They brute force through money and intimidation. Most rich and powerful people do. Every bad actor in America, be it in politics, technology, finance, religion, or social movement announces themselves. Plainly and openly. If it's such a secret, we wouldn't be sitting here discussing it day after day.

The real problem is that most humans don't have complex moral systems where they're considering every action they take and the consequences. Most people just react and go along with events. The manipulative know how to take advantage of that. That's why we end up with so many sociopaths in power. Sociopaths are amazing at manipulation.

Trump is as straight forward as possible. Narcissistic personality disorder with a touch of borderline (classic almost daily "splitting" behaviors), blended with poor health and cognitive decline. It's not a secret. He advertises it at every press conference.

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Agreed. And sensationalism matters. Sympthsical Friday #17
I would be very surprised if Trump were on Ozempic Sympthsical Friday #9
I think he were on it in 2024 maxsolomon Friday #22
I had way too many side effects JCMach1 Friday #12
I'm already seeing them MorbidButterflyTat Saturday #38
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