Pure Villainy
1 min readMay 12, 2020

Spirit of your response is acknowledged, but let’s dismiss with the self-help bullshit and positivity spin. This is not a situation that we can bootstrap ourselves out of with positive thinking. This is not a movie. This is hostile, unpredictable Nature. We need a stark look, which this piece does excellently. IDK what the solution is, but ‘kakistocracy’ hits the nail on the head. Also, spell check.

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Pure Villainy
Pure Villainy

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I am not sure where you got “self-help” out of what I said. I also don’t believe is positivity for the sake of positivity. It’s almost worthless. I do believe strong leaders can provide a vision and inspire hope in the masses. One example might be…

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