"It’s appropriate that the abbreviation for the podcast would be PSA, as they embody a kind of patronizing liberal messaging that treats everyone else as a child who needs to be patiently informed about How Things Work, and always, always told to slow down in the pursuit of progress."
What pisses me off about these types (we have similar …
"It’s appropriate that the abbreviation for the podcast would be PSA, as they embody a kind of patronizing liberal messaging that treats everyone else as a child who needs to be patiently informed about How Things Work, and always, always told to slow down in the pursuit of progress."
What pisses me off about these types (we have similar in the UK), is that they may know a lot about the corridors of power, but they know absolutely nothing about people. I know the idea of them all being in 'echo chambers' is played out, but it's like they genuinely can't fathom how other people think. You don't need a Masters in Psychology to figure out that calling people stupid or telling them they're actually voting against their own interests doesn't work. They've gone through the school/college/thinktank pipeline absolutely convinced their way is the 'right' way and that everyone should trust them as the 'adults in the room'. They offer people nothing and then scold them for not taking it. And they don't have the ability for self reflection so they will never ask "What if we're wrong about this one?"
Insert Principal Skinner "No, it's the children who are wrong" gif.
Plus look at what's actually happened to the economy and foreign policy under the Biden administration. It's been disaster after disaster. Same thing with Covid. These are the "adults" in the room?
"It’s appropriate that the abbreviation for the podcast would be PSA, as they embody a kind of patronizing liberal messaging that treats everyone else as a child who needs to be patiently informed about How Things Work, and always, always told to slow down in the pursuit of progress."
What pisses me off about these types (we have similar in the UK), is that they may know a lot about the corridors of power, but they know absolutely nothing about people. I know the idea of them all being in 'echo chambers' is played out, but it's like they genuinely can't fathom how other people think. You don't need a Masters in Psychology to figure out that calling people stupid or telling them they're actually voting against their own interests doesn't work. They've gone through the school/college/thinktank pipeline absolutely convinced their way is the 'right' way and that everyone should trust them as the 'adults in the room'. They offer people nothing and then scold them for not taking it. And they don't have the ability for self reflection so they will never ask "What if we're wrong about this one?"
Insert Principal Skinner "No, it's the children who are wrong" gif.
Plus look at what's actually happened to the economy and foreign policy under the Biden administration. It's been disaster after disaster. Same thing with Covid. These are the "adults" in the room?