It's A Dumb World After All

Joe Schueller

September 28, 2023 | personal

"Every time I hear you, I feel a little bit dumber for what you say."

I've been thinking about this jab at Vivek Ramaswamy from Nikki Haley at last night's GOP primary debate many times today. There's a certain succinctness to the way this describes the political moment we find ourselves in.

When I watch spectacles like this, I can't help but feel like a chump. Why would I put myself through the torture of having to listen to seven blabbermouths talk over each other while a panel of moderators do anything but moderate? Why am I paying attention to a nominating contest that (judging by the polling that would be decried by the frontrunner as fake and rigged if not for its outcome) is all but decided?