Beware of the Sycophant Epidemic - 3

Yep, yep, and yep

Way back to the better part of a decade ago, when Dredd Blog issued this warning, the epidemic was in the early stages. 

It is now out of control:

"We’ve also seen an extraordinary degeneration of the language of politics within the halls of power. This week’s cabinet meeting was an exercise in sycophancy the likes of which the world saw with mid-century totalitarian regimes but which the United States has never previously witnessed.

The gang's all cheer

It was so fawning, so lickspittle-y, so grotesquely despotic that one can only hope every participant in this charade spends the rest of their miserable lives having nightmares about those three hours on August 26, 2025, hours during which they collectively fed their souls into a paper shredder." (He’s Sued Trump 39 Times—And Keeps Winning). The dynamic is similar to or partially composed of essences of Stockholm Syndrome.

The previous post in this series is here.

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