An Idiot’s Mandate

From outside the United States, the Republican Party’s collapse into moral and intellectual bankruptcy is not just a domestic farce—it’s a global hazard. They’ve thrown their weight behind Donald Trump, a conman who turns every institution he touches into a casino of self-interest and spectacle. This isn’t leadership; it’s theatre for idiots, and the actors don’t even know the script. Trump gains importance not through action or competence but by occupying the role—an empty suit filled with grievance and grift. That the party continues to prop him up reveals how deeply they’ve internalised the logic of authoritarian stupidity. They aren’t governing; they’re gambling, and the House is physics—it will win.

This affects the world. When a major power is driven by petty vengeance, algorithmic clickbait, and barely coherent nationalism, everyone else has to brace for the fallout. The people who should know better—the ones with education, context, and access—are either silent or complicit. Meanwhile, those of us watching from afar are expected to take this seriously, as if it’s a rational political program and not a festering cult. Let’s be clear: Donald the nitwit is a symptom, but the Republican Party is the disease vector. And if this is what Western capitalism, armed with surveillance tech and automated nonsense, has to offer—then yes, we are allowed to call it what it is. A disgrace.