One thing power does is put you in a little mental bubble where you cannot comprehend the motivations of people with less power. This is turn leads you to make up weird stories about them.
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His comment is really peak Yglesias.
aug 18, 2025, 8:42 pm • 0 0 • view
he would have been happiest at the 1980s New Republic
aug 18, 2025, 10:49 pm • 2 0 • view
Agreed.
aug 19, 2025, 2:06 am • 0 0 • view
Maybe cynical people simply cannot imagine the possibility that other people are not completely cynical.
aug 18, 2025, 7:31 pm • 5 0 • view