That said, a lot of the arguments feel like dot-connecting exercises where not all the dots are actually dots. We should watch out for our own blind spots — it’s easy to scream “Big Brother!” when sometimes it’s just a confused uncle with a clipboard.
"Big Stupid is Watching" - Taylor MeadeAnd our current crue of "confused Uncles" (and Aunts) are too often "Funny Uncles" and "Aunt Lydias" (Handmaid's Tale). Their intentions need not be *bad* for their actions to yield damaging results on their vulnerable nieces and nephews. See RFKjr taking his grandchildren swimming in "clear running" yet human-waste-disease-laden water?
glen's caution to "not mistake incompetence for evil" (bad paraphrase?) is relevant... but our current (US and elsewhere?) administration uses a gloss of "good ole boy" "plain talk" as camoflauge for some much less innocent intentions. I'm not sure if there is a succinct contrapositive, but it does seem to be a strategy in some playbooks.
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