trump has sued to keep his transcripts buried, and he had to take his first 2 years at a small private school before he transferred to Penn. With one of his professors saying he was the dumbest student he'd ever encountered.
They have RAILED AOC for being a bartender working her way through college, yet bobbert was a literal prostitute "escort" which is how she got her way into politics.
On September 10, 2023, Boebert and a male companion were removed by security staff from a performance of the musical Beetlejuice in a theater in Denver, Colorado, after she and her companion caused a disturbance by vaping, singing, recording the performance, and groping each other.[101][261][262] Boebert initially denied having vaped as well as causing a disturbance, writing on social media that she pleaded "guilty to laughing and singing too loud!" After surveillance video footage of the incident was released, she apologized for "[falling] short of her values" and vaping. She said that "she had previously denied it only because she 'did not recall' having done so".[263][261][264] The video also showed Boebert's companion fondling her breasts and Boebert caressing his genitalia while they were in their seats.[263][264] Months later, Boebert described the incident as a "very private moment" that the media had broadcast.[265][266]
(Wikipedia)
lmao it's not private if you're doing it in public, dumbass
A quick web check: Trump: Not in the top 15%, and was awarded no honors. But not necessarily 364 of 366. Rand Paul: Was certified by the ABO, which lapsed. Then he was certified by the NBO, which he created. Mike Johnson: Judge Paul Pressler School of Law never opened. Also Pressler was accused of sexual abuse Lauren Boebert The failed three times part is a Reddit rumor, but she got her GED about a month before becoming a US Congresswoman. Karoline Leavitt: Entered MAGA politics straight from Saint Anselm. Looks like the conservative blond pipeline. Jared Kushner: His dad, Charles pledged 2.5 million to Harvard shortly before Jared was accepted. Pro'lly not a coincidence.
Saint A's has a reputation in the area of the school you pay extra money to so that you don't have a state school on your resume but you couldn't get into an actual good school.
I honestly think that's coincidental. That is not why she became the pretty blond female face of this admin.
OK, there is some requirement for that sort of job; out of a pool of a hundred that meet that requirement, she was chosen for those other requirements.
According to the Behind the Bastards eps on Reinhardt Heydrich, he bluffed his way into the upper echelons of the SS by taking cues from spy thrillers, but didn't actually have any real expertise regarding security or intelligence.
Far-right movements draw the most incompetent but they are popular the wealthy so they get sponsorship. It's the infusions of cold cash that does all the heavy lifting.
Depends what sort of competence. I couldn't have done what Heydrich pulled off. Also Trump: never going completely under despite being extremely incompetent, is a sort of competence in itself.
Propaganda has done a really good job somehow convincing people that DEI was about exclusion at the expense of meritocracy rather than inclusion at that expense of nepotism.
Then the people that fall for it are so quick to point out "well why does it seem like there's way less resources to go around?" instead of asking why are so many resources being hoarded by a small group of individuals.
And please don't get me started on darwinism/survival of the fittest BS. As if we didn't realize long ago the "superior bloodlines" of many inbred resource hoarders left them at risk of being taken out by papercuts.
So how do the Monte Burnses of the world survive to such frail old age? RESOURCE HOARDING!!!!
I used to watch a lot of fringe science type videos for fun. My theory about this movement is its leaders are people that are bad at science but are charismatic and often very intelligent. They didn't fit into modern education system and didn't get good grades. For society that meant they are stupid and they resent the education system and scientific community for that. When they stumble upon the fringe science people they basically discover huge support network for people like them. The message is "no, you're not stupid, the rest of society is". They convince themselves that the science they don't understand is simply wrong and start creating their own, simple theories that spread in the community. The charismatic ones become new leaders and their theories get followers.
MAGA is pretty much the same. They are all seen by modern society as uneducated (because they are) and morally deficient (because they are). Then they discover this movement that tells them that they are actually superior to everyone else, it's just the evil system that discriminates them. Their leaders are the same, they are charismatic and cunning but definitely are not intellectual types. It's all just a big support group for dumb people where the mediocre rise to the top.
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bitteroldcoot@piefed.social · 55 pts · 1d
All you really proved is that a predatory personality, and a lacks ethics and morality, is more important than intelligence, if you want to be rich.
TheCriticalMember@aussie.zone · 35 pts · 1d
None of these people would have made it anywhere without being born into privilege.
4am@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 21h
Boebert?
TheCriticalMember@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 16h
Fair enough, I guess the combo of being maga-hot, maga-smart, and maga-loud also works.
BzzBiotch@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 17h
I hardly know ert!
mastertigurius@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1d
Well... Yes!
danc4498@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1d
And preexisting riches
Serinus@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1d
Not that I'm disagreeing, but this isn't a sufficient sample size.
These are all from the same root cause. If you said "rich under Trump" it'd be more accurate.
Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world · 37 pts · 1d
trump has sued to keep his transcripts buried, and he had to take his first 2 years at a small private school before he transferred to Penn. With one of his professors saying he was the dumbest student he'd ever encountered.
They have RAILED AOC for being a bartender working her way through college, yet bobbert was a literal prostitute "escort" which is how she got her way into politics.
JamesBoeing737MAX@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 22h
Tarkington?
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 18h
No thanks, I already ate
mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 1h
(Wikipedia)
lmao it's not private if you're doing it in public, dumbass
source on the escort fun fact, though?
uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 25 pts · 17h
A quick web check:
Trump: Not in the top 15%, and was awarded no honors. But not necessarily 364 of 366.
Rand Paul: Was certified by the ABO, which lapsed. Then he was certified by the NBO, which he created.
Mike Johnson: Judge Paul Pressler School of Law never opened. Also Pressler was accused of sexual abuse
Lauren Boebert The failed three times part is a Reddit rumor, but she got her GED about a month before becoming a US Congresswoman.
Karoline Leavitt: Entered MAGA politics straight from Saint Anselm. Looks like the conservative blond pipeline.
Jared Kushner: His dad, Charles pledged 2.5 million to Harvard shortly before Jared was accepted. Pro'lly not a coincidence.
someguy3@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 1d
I heard a bit where Leavitt was a teenager and interviewed/asked Trump questions. She was a total suck up. It was clear then how she got the job.
A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip · 2 pts · 4h
OMG it's true
modestmeme@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 1d
So, Leavitt is the “smart” one.
tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 19h
Saint A's has a reputation in the area of the school you pay extra money to so that you don't have a state school on your resume but you couldn't get into an actual good school.
OldChicoAle@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1d
"Institutionally qualified"
A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip · 1 pts · 11h
I honestly think that's coincidental. That is not why she became the pretty blond female face of this admin.
OK, there is some requirement for that sort of job; out of a pool of a hundred that meet that requirement, she was chosen for those other requirements.
huppakee@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 1d
Not necessarily DEI hires tho, they could also be very good at ass-kissing and yes-saying.
Frenchgeek@lemmy.ml · 8 pts · 17h
Graduated near the bottom of his class? Who's the poor bastard who managed to be worse than him?
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 17h
Probably some other failson with rich parents 🤷🏻
uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 7 pts · 17h
According to the Behind the Bastards eps on Reinhardt Heydrich, he bluffed his way into the upper echelons of the SS by taking cues from spy thrillers, but didn't actually have any real expertise regarding security or intelligence.
Far-right movements draw the most incompetent but they are popular the wealthy so they get sponsorship. It's the infusions of cold cash that does all the heavy lifting.
A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip · 3 pts · 11h
Depends what sort of competence. I couldn't have done what Heydrich pulled off. Also Trump: never going completely under despite being extremely incompetent, is a sort of competence in itself.
spontaneoushumancombustion@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1d
An education doesn't make you any less ghoulish, but it sure as shit might help you be better at hiding it.
A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip · 1 pts · 11h
Tell that to DJ Trump. He should.
DarkFuture@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2h
All unimpressive human beings. And all fascists.
Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 2h
The latter would always comprise of the former, I would suggest.
Malyca@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 2h
Of course, it's always projection
Professorozone@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 20h
Is there a source for this?
ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net · 2 pts · 17h
https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/73317839
Professorozone@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 6h
Thanks. When I make these claims I like to bring receipts. It's up to the one making the claim to back it up.
AcidiclyBasicGlitch@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 2h
Propaganda has done a really good job somehow convincing people that DEI was about exclusion at the expense of meritocracy rather than inclusion at that expense of nepotism.
Then the people that fall for it are so quick to point out "well why does it seem like there's way less resources to go around?" instead of asking why are so many resources being hoarded by a small group of individuals.
And please don't get me started on darwinism/survival of the fittest BS. As if we didn't realize long ago the "superior bloodlines" of many inbred resource hoarders left them at risk of being taken out by papercuts.
So how do the Monte Burnses of the world survive to such frail old age? RESOURCE HOARDING!!!!
Snapz@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 16h
"Look I told you... I can't read, you idiot!"
ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net · 3 pts · 17h
I used to watch a lot of fringe science type videos for fun. My theory about this movement is its leaders are people that are bad at science but are charismatic and often very intelligent. They didn't fit into modern education system and didn't get good grades. For society that meant they are stupid and they resent the education system and scientific community for that. When they stumble upon the fringe science people they basically discover huge support network for people like them. The message is "no, you're not stupid, the rest of society is". They convince themselves that the science they don't understand is simply wrong and start creating their own, simple theories that spread in the community. The charismatic ones become new leaders and their theories get followers.
MAGA is pretty much the same. They are all seen by modern society as uneducated (because they are) and morally deficient (because they are). Then they discover this movement that tells them that they are actually superior to everyone else, it's just the evil system that discriminates them. Their leaders are the same, they are charismatic and cunning but definitely are not intellectual types. It's all just a big support group for dumb people where the mediocre rise to the top.
LandBasedDaveyJones@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 1h
Y'all forgot RFK's illustrious background...
Impractical_Island@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 1d
Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1d
Sir, this is a Wendy's