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Hegseth is not the disease, he is the symptom: Podcast Episode
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Hegseth is not the disease, he is the symptom: Podcast Episode

Thursday, October 2, 2025

Woefully incompetent people tend not to be very comfortable around those who are as competent as they are ignorant. Especially when they are placed in charge of really competent people. Because then their ignorance becomes almost blinding, as it is hard to miss. But when they are surrounded by others equally or more ignorant and sycophantic than themselves, then all feels right with the world. Everything feels just Trumpy and nice.

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