We need a “In a world... one man” parody trailer about McConnell.
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There’s never been a better illustration of absolute power corrupting absolutely
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I’m genuinely curious about his worldview. What’s the story he sees himself as the hero of?
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Facts about him I find intriguing:
- Was once a moderate and even attended civil rights rallies
- First wife turned into a feminist scholar
- 3 Daughters estranged from him?
- “Voracious reader of history” (I’d love to know what kind)
- Second wife Chinese heiress
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Unlike Trump he’s not a ultimately a simple person. He seems to relish being cast as a villain rather than being in denial about it. Embraces the Darth Vader moniker. I can’t fit a worldview to all this. Insufficient data.
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He’s also a southern baptist but I doubt he’s actually religious. I *think* he’s a cross between a disillusioned liberal and a competent Steve Bannon. Nor racist but civilizationalist. Sees himself holding back barbarians at the gates. Even if he sometimes has to deal with them.
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I suspect he’s intelligent but not introspective. Straussian, touch of holy warrior, likes the game but plays it for some mix of higher purpose and personal profit. Much concerned with mortality and legacy. I’m curious about anything he has no personal connection to.
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He’s 78 so easier to wait him out than outthink him I suppose
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Looking at his history more carefully. He *is* the “more competent authoritarian” we’ve been warned about 🤔
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McConnell is not an authoritarian. Not in an ideological sense. He’s a wily partisan majority leader unbound by any particular principle other than winning in the moment
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Maybe not as an individual. But in terms of consequences, it is hard to tell the difference anymore. He’s effectively run the country by fiat for 6 years.

