Putin played us against ourselves. But he didn’t create it. Just harnessed it. The government has been full of sycophantic yes men, for generations at this point. Longer than Gen Z or Millennials have been alive. Likely longer than Gen X has been alive as well.
Yes, Nixon stepped down in shame. But they didn’t make sure there could be no new Nixon’s. They made sure they’d be insulated from consequences or shame and elected someone worse.
Putin played us against ourselves. But he didn’t create it. Just harnessed it. The government has been full of sycophantic yes men, for generations at this point. Longer than Gen Z or Millennials have been alive. Likely longer than Gen X has been alive as well.
Yes, Nixon stepped down in shame. But they didn’t make sure there could be no new Nixon’s. They made sure they’d be insulated from consequences or shame and elected someone worse.