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As competent though? As skilled?
Nigel Farage in the UK has been forged through 40+ years of functioning as a crypto-fascist. Replacing the skillset that makes some of these fascists effective is not as simple as just bringing on the next guy in line.
Materialists do not disbelieve that great men exist, but that the conditions of the time created them and that without their existence other people would have been forged under the same circumstances. But what I am getting at here is that this is not an instantaneous process. You think if Bannon dies tomorrow someone else will just replace him? I do not. The man has been forged through decades and decades filling a niche that someone else will have to fill AND acquire the same experience before meeting the same standard he has.
Look at the competent ghouls like Kissinger vs the incompetent ghouls that currently exist. Do any of them hold a candle to him as a competent monster? No. Not really.
The death of ghouls creates holes that take many decades to fill effectively again.
How many times was the heads of ISIS and Al Qaeda killed? 10? 20? They still took over Syria and are spreading throughout Africa. It’s not easy to replace experience, but there are a lot of other experienced people in the wings.
Kirk wasn’t all that competent or smart anyway. Seemed entirely mid and unremarkable to me.
Not comparable. For a myriad of reasons these people are willing to die for it.
But are the competent ones willing to die for it?
Bush wasn't killed, neither was obama
I just want to confirm you're describing Charlie Kirk as "competent" and "skilled"
Be real. Turning Point has done some truly evil work.
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