Something I didn't fully realize till the past month: it's dangerous to have a leader whose base holds him to a low standard. If Trump's base insisted he take charge of the Covid-19 response, he'd have to. But since they're satisfied with press conferences, that's all we get.
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So what's he to do now? Follow the script. Keep playing group off of group in a tangled web of real and petty grievances. Keep supporters from pricing in the costs to truth, American democratic health, and institutional capacity. Hatred misdirection.https://dispatches.artifexdeus.com/donald-trump-is-hari-seldon-75bd789637d9 …
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I think the smart bet now is: he will fail. Body bags weigh a lot. But it's still a race between corrected beliefs and a consequent reallocation of power versus a god damn virus — and one of those things doesn't stumble over out-group calculus.
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