“Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.” ― Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism
It is not only about that. Stanisław Lem described is as a dicatorship of unremarkables, who believe they deserve praises, glory, wealth etc. It is also about greed and ambition.
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The "dictatorship of unremarkables" so well describes the current state of affairs in the US. The US has turned into the most dangerous place in the hemisphere, unfortunately.
