Wednesday, September 25, 2019
Meanwhile....
As US and UK descend impossibly fast into unimaginable stages of idiocy and pointless noise, the sane parts of the world continue to GET SHIT DONE.
Putin, AMLO, Mahathir, and Orban continue to serve their people. (Salvini has been whacked and the whackers have immediately resumed the migrant invasion. Remains to be seen what will happen next.)
I've been comparing Putin to Nicholas 1. The comparison also applies to AMLO.
A nice drawing of Nicholas trying out the first semaphore system.
Reminds me of AMLO trying out an ancient but still active and still profitable sugarcane press.
All of these leaders have their HANDS AND SENSES on the real workings of the nation. US/UK dysleaders are totally disconnected from reality. They appear to have eyes and ears and hands but never use them.
Later thought: There's an important difference. Nicholas is surrounded by academic and aristocratic types, while the peasants and horses are grayed out in the background. AMLO is talking directly with the peasant and horse.
Credit footnote: The Nicholas picture, and similar Chappe pictures, are from Les Merveilles de la Science in 1868. The unnamed artist knew how to make cartoons move!
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Reminds me of AMLO trying out an ancient but still active and still profitable sugarcane press.
All of these leaders have their HANDS AND SENSES on the real workings of the nation. US/UK dysleaders are totally disconnected from reality. They appear to have eyes and ears and hands but never use them.
Later thought: There's an important difference. Nicholas is surrounded by academic and aristocratic types, while the peasants and horses are grayed out in the background. AMLO is talking directly with the peasant and horse.
Credit footnote: The Nicholas picture, and similar Chappe pictures, are from Les Merveilles de la Science in 1868. The unnamed artist knew how to make cartoons move!
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