Why do ‘elites’ think they can run the economy? Megalomania? Yes. Stupidity? Yes. But mainly it’s because they’ve never run anything. If you’ve never run anything AND you’re a psychopath, then running the entire US economy seems doable.
Pete Buttigieg is a Rhodes Scholar. If you don’t know what that is, it’s basically like winning the gold medal for filling out forms and taking tests. It’s impressive because it takes a tremendous amount of discipline, but so does that trick where David Blaine freezes himself in a block of ice for 72 hours. Should we have David Blaine run the economy? Can we freeze the Department of Education in a block of ice maybe?
Say what you will about Trump’s management skills and past failures, but at least when Dr. Fauci was proposing insane shit to him in that ding dongy accent you know that Trump was having flashbacks from a high-level meeting at an Atlantic City casino right before it crashed and burned.
“So you want us to close all of the bars and restaurants and table games because that will force everyone to the slot machines which are more profitable and safer? And then you want us to take the doors off of the hotel rooms so we can see if people are wearing condoms? Hmmm. So you just want to do this for 15 days to start with?”
I wrote something in a comments section six months ago and then five months ago a guy wrote an essay using my thesis and Ben Shapiro talked about it and I was angry. In short, Democrats think that the government has a button they can press to create utopia because they are dumb and don’t understand complex systems.
One idea the essay didn’t steal was that this is why Democrats hate Republicans so much. Imagine you’re dumb enough to believe that ‘elites’ like Pete Buttigieg can press a button and fix everything if we just give them enough power. If there was in fact a button you could press to eliminate suffering and create paradise, and people (Republicans) were actually stopping you from pressing the paradise button, you’d hate them too. Eventually they will have to put us in camps so that we stop blocking the index finger of progress from pressing the red button that says ‘utopia’ on it.
Below is a list of nicknames for Pete Buttigieg if he ran some government agencies I made up. Feel free to add to the list.
Secretary of Online Harassment, Tweet Muteigieg
Secretary of Nutrition, Eat Foodigieg
Secretary of Hunting, Skeet Shootigieg
Secretary of SEC Football, Elite Recruitigieg
Secretary of Working From Home, Delete Commuteigieg
Secretary of Antifa, Street Lootigieg
Secretary of Sheep, Bleat Ewetigieg
Secretary of Elevator Farts, Discreet Tootigieg
Secretary of Intellectuals, Effete Snootigieg
Secretary of Mafia Hitmen, Concrete Bootigieg
Secretary of Menswear, Tweed Suitigieg
Secretary of Pie Fillings, Heat Fruitigieg
Secretary of In-Store Returns, Receipt Disputeigieg
Secretary of Profanity, Bleep Youtigieg
Secretary of Vaccines, Treat Flutigieg
Secretary of Wet Markets, Eat Zootigieg
Secretary of Hearty Meals, Beef Stewtigieg
Secretary of Arts and Crafts, Deplete Gluetigieg
Secretary of Electric Chairs, Seat Electrocuteigieg’
Wait, people steal your ideas in comment sections? I don't know who would do a bad thing like that.
Secretary of Introductions, Nice to Meet Youtigeg