Kakistocracy (/ˌkækɪˈstɒkrəsi/ KAK-ih-STOK-rə-see) is government by the worst, least qualified, or most unscrupulous people.
The problem with liberal democracy is that it does not select for the people who spend all their waking hours perfecting a craft or researching a field of study or cultivating an area of expertise.
It selects for people who have dedicated their lives to maximizing their name recognition, in conjunction with a certain collection of popular talking points. Liberal democracy exists on the reputation economy. And RFK Jr has spent his whole life building a certain kind of reputation. One that strongly resonates with a certain kind of like-minded yuppie failkid, which this country produces in abundance.
To add to the mess, we have largely privatized the reputation economy. It is a Pay2Win game. And the folks who can afford to play tend to be the type with more money than sense. The fact that this asshole is given any kind of platform at all is illustrative of the mentality of the producers and advertisers invested in influencing government policy.
Dana Bash and Jake Tapper suck ass. This clipped retort only exists because these phony corporate turds keep propping guys like RFK Jr up and treating what he has to say as worthy of a national broadcast.
Did he really say that? Cause that would be so on brand.
RFK Jr has never taken any science education after high school.
He did.
It’s amazing how everyone in this administration is dumber than the person next to them.
They are dumber than the person on either side of them, even when they all sit in a circle.
They are all somehow the densest person alive. I’m actually astonished the whitehouse isn’t a blackhole at this point.
