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19. I'm in complete agreement...

... that the conservative long game has been vastly superior to ours. The pitifully Pollyannic – Oh, look! a new word! –belief that Republicans will behave honorably in any given situation has hamstrung our efforts more times than I can count.
Murdoch's minions and Limbaugh's acolytes will have a lot to answer for. But so, too, will the "If it bleeds, it leads" crowd for giving them print and airtime.
Ayn Rand's insidious influence deserves mention as well. A third-rate novelist with the moral compass of a rabid hyena, her open contempt for empathy and altruism, or common human decency of any sort, has had, and still has, a corrosive effect on political discourse. Case in point: Musk saying that empathy is a fundamental weakness in Western society. The sooner that evil fuck is a grease spot on the floor, the better the world will be.