Moral superiority does not derive from academic credentials, nor from which office a person has held before. But it definitely also does not derive from being a member of a group in society labeled "oppressed." The latter is what many self-proclaimed "progressives" seem to believe. Matt Taibbi excellently exposes their lack of moral virtue:
The whole pandemic experience reminds me of that classic SNL character, Theodoric of York, performed by Steve Martin. "What you need, Sir, is more bloodletting!"
Moral superiority does not derive from academic credentials, nor from which office a person has held before. But it definitely also does not derive from being a member of a group in society labeled "oppressed." The latter is what many self-proclaimed "progressives" seem to believe. Matt Taibbi excellently exposes their lack of moral virtue:
https://www.racket.news/p/the-great-leftist-ignorance-scam
The whole pandemic experience reminds me of that classic SNL character, Theodoric of York, performed by Steve Martin. "What you need, Sir, is more bloodletting!"