"Hitler was widely thought to be a buffoon—both by German conservatives and by foreigners," says Anne Applebaum. "What that meant, in practice, was that he wasn't taken seriously until it was too late. His buffoonery disguised the danger that he posed to Germany."
Idi Amin was a buffoon and rose to power in very much the same way
Right on. Idi Amin was laughed off as a clown at first too, but his brutality showed how fast a “buffoon” can turn into a nightmare once in power. Underestimating these figures is always dangerous.
I thought i knew and remembered quite a lot about him. But it was predominantly the brutality. I was chilled when I came across a piece detailing his rise and buffoonery. If you took his name out, anyone would be certain it was about DJT 🤦🏻♀️
Some of the similarities are mind boggling 🤦🏻♀️
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This.
Fascism thrives on subpar intellect. It is at war with smartness. Its legions contain disgruntled, mediocre, and lazy people, passed over, and with an ax to grind against those with more talent and effort. DEI was removed and replaced with white male mediocracy.
Oh I dunno. Not sure TinyHands has *orchestrated* anything. His simply a useful idiot carrying out the orders of others.
I'm quite happy with my image choice for this one lol
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when you hold all the capital, and the in club cults that go by labels such as illuminati, you dont need talent, intelligence, ability, the game is rigged so you win.
Ron Burgundy vibes
a bit like what happened with rfk jr. as well
Yes, for sure!
Interesting take by Anne on how dismissing extremists as “buffoons” is how they gain ground unnoticed. Hitler wasn’t taken seriously until it was too late- a warning we’d be foolish to ignore now.