Idiocracy By Design
The Republican Party doesn't believe in government. Which is odd, considering it's currently in charge of our government. But what we see in this administration's ongoing train wreck is that those in charge are put in those positions for a reason: to wreak havoc on our institutions. Trump 2.0 has shown us that decent, competent individuals no longer exist in the Republican Party. Instead, what we have is a symphony of sycophants, all given a role in the administration because they were either key campaign donors or sweet-talked their way into Trump's good graces. Regardless of how they got there, what has kept them there has been a continuing commitment to be as incompetent as possible in their role. This is by design, and the reasons behind that design tell us all we need to know about the modern Republican Party. Some of us are old enough to remember Grover Norquist. Norquist, the founder of Americans for Tax Reform, is most famous for this quote : "I don't...
