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A request that the mods not change this headline because it’s too good.

It's literally crazy-making to watch this behavior and know that a solid third of the population thinks it's great. Stupidity has been weaponized, and I'm not sure if there is a counter-treatment.

The counter-treatment is a bunch of people getting sick and dying, unfortunately.

Relying on expertise and ignoring charlatanism gets a lot more palatable when you realize expertise is what's keeping your parents and friends alive.

Reality mismatching beliefs has always been a countertreatment.

"Someone once wrote: Hell is the impossibility of Reason."

I kind of wish the press didn't report on his 'press briefings'. Why even bother sending people to listen to his incoherent babble?

Is it possible that this attention is what Trump wants? Attention that divides attention from the real news?

For those that don't get the reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3boy_tLWeqA

It's Got Electrolytes