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Scott Adams, the creator of the
Dilbert comic strip, has a post claiming a Trump presidency wouldn't be as bad as people fear. It's
a good post. But it's wrong.
Trump is certainly not as bad as his haters claim. Trump not only disables the critical-thinking ability of his supporters, but also of his enemies. In most conversations, I end up defending Trump -- not because I support him as a candidate, but because I support critical-thinking. He's only racist sometimes, most of the time I love his political incorrectness.
But with all that said, he would indeed be a horrible president. As a long-term Republican, I'd prefer a Hillary Clinton presidency, and I hate Hillary to the depths of my soul. She's corrupt, and worst of all, she's a leftist.
But there's a thing worse than being a leftist (or right-winger) and that's being a "populist demagogue". Populist demagogues tell you that all your problems are caused by
them (you know,
those people), and present unrealistic solutions to problems. They appeal to base emotion and ignorance.
When nations fail because of politics, it's almost
always due to populist demagogues. Virtually all dictators are a "man of the people", protecting
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