There's also something here about the contempt for 'ordinary' people held by a certain type of self-appointed 'intellectual'. That NYT writer seemed to think it was fine to lie to the masses, in order to get them onboard with the programme. In a weird way, I blanched at the thought that at least Hitler was being honest while the writer was kind of dark triad or Cluster B.
There's also something here about the contempt for 'ordinary' people held by a certain type of self-appointed 'intellectual'. That NYT writer seemed to think it was fine to lie to the masses, in order to get them onboard with the programme. In a weird way, I blanched at the thought that at least Hitler was being honest while the writer was kind of dark triad or Cluster B.