one of the few kinda nice things about this period of time is that it's revealed, often surprisingly, which influential political figures actually believe in something
Oct 31, 2025 17:19I also think a group ruthlessly & cynically focused on exercising power as the neocons is much more attuned to those with similar outlooks. Where a lot of people see "divisive rhetoric" & "norm breaking," they think about what they would do in that situation & realize "Oh they're serious about this"
Plus they've been intra-coalitional adversaries with these guys or their ideological forerunners for decades, and have had plenty of opportunities to see then up close and realize, "These guys want to send us to the wall as soon as they get the chance"
