Zimet -- Winning Blind Cruel Inept Nationalism, Also Cultism
The Empathist-In Chief: “This says everything.” Award-winning Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images Winning Blind Cruel Inept Nationalism, Also Cultism Abby Zimet May 04, 2026 Hoo boy. The stupid and evil, somehow accelerating, burn. America’s so-called leader, the “Worst That Has Ever Drawn Breath,” manifests ever more cognitive dissonance on steroids. Absurd, addled, vindictive, looming above “a circus of death and chaos,” he commits war crimes , guts voting rights , plots devastation, abases decency, murders mercy, yet whines about mean jokes. But as America reels, Banksy, Bruce, Platner and others increasingly declare, “We are not fucking doing this anymore.” Amidst what the head of Amnesty International calls “ the year of the predators,“ humanity itself is under attack, most notably by our ludicrous narcissist and his ”casual, bewildering cruelty.“ Despite his foolishness, Nesrine Malik writes, ”This is what evil looks...