The politicians aren't idiots, they don't actually believe anything they say.
The idiots are the people whose support they politicians are courting.
The idiots are the people whose support they politicians are courting.
I don’t see how it could be believable that Vance is actually religious and isn’t just using it as a way to get votes.
People are really, really good at believing things that benefit themselves.
Yes the cynicism is there, but the "praying" is the means by which the subject performing the acts is able to feel authentic while performing them.
Also they're all performing for each other, too.
Then we also have the Signal chat, and even biographies and books by some of the others that makes it clear done of these people are genuinely dumb as fuck.
Which is ironic considering all we heard from MAGA/Fox for the last 4 years is that Biden was incoherent and senile.
These guys are, sadly competent at... Well, a few things, but none of them include 'good governance'.
But of course the survival of crazy policies hinges on people willing to elect politicians who will implement them. And that in turn hinges on how well you disinform them.
Matter of fact pretending to be an idiot and doing idiotic things might be worse cause you know better, an idiot’s excuse would be that that’s all they know to do.