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A Boring Dystopia
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How is it that the weirdest dudes keep ending up with so much power and influence. Like, this is just bigoted shit obviously, but it's weird bigoted shit. What is it about people that makes them look at a weirdo freak (derogatory) like this and think "this is a man I need to have direct the entirety of my belief system going forward"?
Success is awarded to the confident. You can be an absolute weird idiot and still, in the right circumstances, get massive success just because people assume there's a reason you seem so confident, and who are they to second guess that confidence?
That's literally the only reason Trump is where he is. He's not actually good at anything.
Confidence is often mistaken for competence. I'd like to believe that's why "con(fidence) men" are ever successful.