spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works to politics @lemmy.world · 10 months agoOpinion: Boebert’s outrageous behavior at “Beetlejuice” shows, again, her astounding sense of entitlementwww.denverpost.comexternal-linkmessage-square45fedilinkarrow-up1367arrow-down119
arrow-up1348arrow-down1external-linkOpinion: Boebert’s outrageous behavior at “Beetlejuice” shows, again, her astounding sense of entitlementwww.denverpost.comspaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works to politics @lemmy.world · 10 months agomessage-square45fedilink
minus-squareQuacksalber@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down1·10 months agoIt is just a case study, as plain as plain can be, that all you need to have is confidence, to dupe a significant portion of the population into making you their leader.
minus-squareIninewCrow@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down1·10 months agoIt’s easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled. Mark Twain
minus-squarejaybone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 months agoWhy can we just fool them the other direction then?
minus-squarelegios@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months ago“[…] fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can’t get fooled again”
It is just a case study, as plain as plain can be, that all you need to have is confidence, to dupe a significant portion of the population into making you their leader.
It’s easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled.
Mark Twain
Why can we just fool them the other direction then?
“[…] fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can’t get fooled again”