• sp3ctr4l@lemmy.zip
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    17 hours ago

    I mean… Putin is far, far more intelligent than Trump.

    Yes, they’re both arrogant, brutal bullies, surrounded by yes men… but, to keep with Trump’s metaphor, Putin can actually correctly read most of the cards in his hand, and can actually manage a poker face.

    Trump on the other hand, correctly understands maybe a single card in his hand, doesn’t realize he is constantly accidentally turning and angling his cards so everyone can see them, drops a card or two every 30 seconds, and is also completely convinced he has the greatest poker face in the history of poker faces, when in reality he has near 0 ability to hide his true expressions in an actual adversarial situation.

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      15 hours ago

      Saying somebody is smarter than Trump is like saying somebody smells better than a skunk. It applies to everybody.

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      3 day special military operation… Two invasions? Yea Chechnya wants a word

      Any time the “anti-terror” police does work? The russian demographies maybe? Or the fact that outside of the oil russian real growth has been sinking?

      Putin is a dick-tator. He thought the EU would back down on Ukraine, he “read his cards” incorrectly.

      He’s having to beg china for help since the russian industry would collapse without their assistance.

      The really important point here is that idiots are very capable of doing extreme harm. And we need to take it seriously even if they are stupid, just don’t portray them as something they are not.