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Crazy to think USA went from “Cabinet of scientific minds” to “LinkedIn All-Stars of political loyalty and TV appearances.”
by corygarms 1y ago
Crazy to think USA went from “Cabinet of scientific minds” to “LinkedIn All-Stars of political loyalty and TV appearances.”
- pfdietz 1y agoIt's a common mistake to think that things won't change, that the current state will persist forever. I will turn this around and ask why you thought a focus on science was going to be durable.
- tinktank 1y agoStop with the trite and easily dismantled false dichotomies.
- Animats 1y agoThe legacy of the generation that survived WWII was: - Big domestic policy mistakes cause bad outcomes, like the Great Depression. - Big foreign policy mistakes cause extremely bad outcomes, like WWI and WWII. - Big command mistakes in the military get people killed. This led to a mindset that the people picked to be in charge had to be very competent. Or else. Almost all Cabinet members passed the competence filter until the Greatest Generation died off.