"As democracy is perfected, the office of the President represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day, the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be occupied by a downright fool and a complete narcissistic moron."
— H.L. Mencken
We've already done that several times, so let's not again, OK?
@Badger_AF Yeah, I've lately soured on anti-democracy guys like Mencken.
@phaedral From my understanding, he was also an anti-semite.
Quote still stands, though.
@Badger_AF Looks like he may have quietly recanted some of his anti-Semitism and is credited with helping some families escape the horror. But he did more than his fair share to bring on the horror with some amazingly anti-Semitic comments being found in his diaries. “The case against the Jews is long and damning; it would justify ten thousand times as many pogroms as now go on in the world.” https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/7805.H_L_Mencken?page=13
@Badger_AF Mencken wouldn’t have used the word “narcissistic” even at gunpoint. The last clause was, “and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”