Why MAGA Loves Hurting Experts: Why We Vote
Somewhere in America right now, a man with a badge and a flashlight is making someone walk a straight line on the side of the road.
The driver isn’t drunk. The cop knows the driver isn’t drunk.
But the cop has the authority to make it happen, and the driver doesn’t have the authority to refuse.
So the driver walks the line, touches his nose, stands on one foot in front of passing traffic, and hopes the man with the badge gets bored before things get worse.
That interaction has nothing to do with public safety. It is a man who barely passed an exam using the one piece of authority he has in…
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