You can trace a lot of the mess the world is in today back to two supervillains decades ago: Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher. Calling them both supervillains may be slightly overstating things. In Reagan’s case, it’s quite possible that he just continued his acting career, as a politician, by repeating lines scripted for him. And Thatcher pointing out things like “there is no such thing as society” or “there is no alternative (to the economy we have)” could just be because she really was too dim to grasp anything even slightly beyond the tip of her nose.
Nevertheless, much of what we’re facing now started then, if not earlier. Take, for example, the ludicrous 28-point “peace plan” the orange baby has declared Ukraine must agree to (by Thanksgiving, a US-only holiday that has no meaning for the rest of the world). Timothy Snyder breaks it down in detail, and you should read what he has to say about it. I thought this bit captures the desolation of the Thatcher/Reagan solipsism that pervades the orange baby’s cadre and mob:
“…the Americans involved in drafting this document, assuming there were some, seem more literate in how money might be made with Russia than in any of the substantive issues relevant to peacemaking.”
