@spaghettiwestern to politics @lemmy.world • 10 months agoOpinion: Boebert’s outrageous behavior at “Beetlejuice” shows, again, her astounding sense of entitlementwww.denverpost.comexternal-linkmessage-square47arrow-up1395arrow-down121cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1374arrow-down1external-linkOpinion: Boebert’s outrageous behavior at “Beetlejuice” shows, again, her astounding sense of entitlementwww.denverpost.com@spaghettiwestern to politics @lemmy.world • 10 months agomessage-square47cross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-square@Quacksalberlink21•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-squareIninewCrowlinkfedilinkEnglish19•10 months agoIt’s easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled. Mark Twain
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•10 months agoWhy can we just fool them the other direction then?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•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”