For many Americans, the Republican dysfunction that has ground business in the U.S. House to a halt as two wars rage abroad and a budget crisis looms at home is feeding into a longer-term pessimism about the country’s core institutions.
Of course. The point is not to disregard malice at all times. It’s to make sure you’re not dealing with simple incompetence before you land on malice as the root cause.
Hanlon’s Razor: never attribute to malice what can be adequately explained by incompetence.
Generally a good rule of thumb for a first reaction; however, never forget that malice does exist.
Of course. The point is not to disregard malice at all times. It’s to make sure you’re not dealing with simple incompetence before you land on malice as the root cause.
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It could be both. Elron seems malicious and incompetent.
Easily the best way to underestimate an ideological opponent.
The world is more complicated than just malice and stupidity.