Of course, there is smart and there is smart. The forces of evil may be blinded by their own ideology about the actual consequence of their actions, including adverse impacts on themselves ... but their can afford to buy the best tactical political advantages that money can buy, including very clever people to run their propaganda operations.


I've been accused of being a Marxist, yet while Harpo's my favourite, it's Groucho I'm always quoting. Odd, that.