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Little Men, Big Parades
Earlier this week, in "Autocrats On Parade," I spent some time talking about the importance of optic
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I wonder , if these leaders ever sat down for a few drinks and small talk, like ordinary humans, what the conversation might be. I think it would be :” how long do you guys think we can keep getting away with this ?”
I wonder about this frequently. Most days, I believe that men like these have quaffed their own Kool-Aid and see themselves as main characters in history with a role to play.
They may not be convinced by their own propaganda, but my suspicion is that vanity compels them to see themselves as being part of a righteous cause, agents of historic change or whatever, which justifies the pageantry and the corruption and anything else they have mind to do in the pursuit of The Goal.
They’re all Raskolnikovs who drank (and thoroughly enjoyed) the Nietzschean elixir that inspires all self-appointed Übermensch–even those who haven’t actually read Zarathustra (I guarantee Donald Trump hasn’t).
What they actually talk about over casual drinks when the cameras are off is how hilarious Trump is and how lucky they are that he’s the United States’s president.
“Hey guys, hold on, let’s check if Trump has tweeted recently.”
“I don’t think they call it tweeting anymore.”
“Whatever Kim. You guys! He twe– posted! Oh God, you’re going to love this one. It’s a banger. We all got a shout-out.”
“Hey, you want to prank call him? Pezeshkian, you pretend to be Modi and let’s negotiate for some spray tan.”
Nope, I was mistaken. It turns out they talk about organ harvesting and immortality.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cr70rvrd41ko
He said as if he were merely a bystander and not, NOT, the President of the United States of America.
This … like one of those comedies that are actually kinda painful to watch.
This must be one of the most absurd articles I have ever read here. And it’s all true.