Source: Noahpinion
by Noah Smith
“Years ago, I thought it was valuable for me to understand the depth of the human capacity for atrocity, so I made myself look at photos and videos of some of the worst things people had done to each other. So in 2015, I made myself watch the full, unedited video of ISIS burning a man alive in a cage. … I thought of that video when I heard about the Trump administration’s plan to stage a public televised execution by firing squad. … Seemingly swayed by the bad polling, Trump cancelled the idea, declaring that the execution wouldn’t be livestreamed. But the episode has revealed something important about the nature of the men who now rule America. Their values and their worldview are not the same as those of the average American. They are, in many ways, premodern and barbaric.” (10/18/26)
https://www.noahpinion.blog/p/why-are-we-ruled-by-barbarians