But many others do not, and those are the ones in charge now.
It's not a question of understanding. It's a question of what they choose to tell the rubes.
there’s not much we can do about that at the moment
There's a lot we could be doing, but we're not.
It's MAGA-occupied America.
the core premise of capitalism
"Lie, cheat and grab what you can without getting caught"? He certainly seems to understand that.
It doesn't take much intelligence to be a journalist ofr the military. That's a fortunate-son posting for the most part.
Yale, sure. He's booksmart, and as his subsequent career has shown, he knows what to kiss and when.
He might know, or he might not. He's a con artist. Even if he does know, he'll lie.
Compulsive liars gonna lie.
Any economist who doesn't say that should be stripped of their economist regalia and drummed out for being a liar and a shill.
More Trump War on Science. This idiot should be on an indefinite psychiatric hold.
And let's not pretend the KMT were in any way morally superior to the CCP. They were just reactionary bandits driven out by brainwashed Maoist personality cult members.
"We can't do anything good unless we do everything good!"
What a miserably lazy line of reasoning.
Trump also changed the rules of engagement to eliminate consideration of how to minimize noncombatant casualties when ordering a drone strike.
But still the Obama/drone meme remains a persistent bit of brainless propaganda.
MAGA are nationalist socialists.