TIL that William James Sidis, a child prodigy, was a socialist. I see an analogy to Einstein.

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Why MAGA supporters are never genises?

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Although a socialist myself, the argument "smart people agree with me" is always a terrible justification for anything.

Not to mention "child genius thinks thing" is also a fucking horrendous argument.

Child prodigies are the epitome of "book smart street stupid", as expected of someone good at absorbing information but lacking practical experience, so obviously they'll gravitate to shit that sounds good on paper but consistently fails in practice.

I was a huge Bakunin fan, then i studied, then I started a co-op, and I'm not anywhere close to an anarchist or a marxist anymore.

genises

LMAO misspelling genius while dunking on someone else's intelligence is just perfect.

You're right, I bet no one intelligent made a typo /s

Oh no for sure, intelligent people make typos all the time too, they can also laugh at themselves, are typically humble, and don't feel the need to post masturbatory "aren't I great, aren't my enemies doodooheads" shit like this, though.

So yeah, funny shit, that.

You have a jolly life if a mere typo is so funny for you.

Oh a typo isn't; self defeating arrogance and lack of self awareness are very funny though.

I expected such a fine sensitivity to "self defeating arrogance and lack of self awareness" in the form of a typo from a maga supporter

Bold of you to assume I'm a MAGA supporter and not just someone who finds your argument and attitude distasteful, especially since it makes my own position worse by association with you.

I.e.: you're acting like a jagoff and making us look worse by conforming to the right's stereotype of their opposition, and you're making a terrible point because some random "child prodigy" having an opinion that agrees with you is a shit argument.

Get over yourself.

I don't share the MAGA mindset. But. Declaring people which don't share the own beliefs as stupid is... too easy.

I agree on principle, but in this particular case...

I don't say it can't be part of the picture. 🤷‍♀️