@mmasnick @whitneymcn Chesterton's Fence:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Chesterton%27s_fence
“…And then what you produced goes out and indiscriminately mows down children.”
@mmasnick @whitneymcn Remember when Trump appointed Rick "Oops" Perry (who couldn't remember the name of the Dept of Energy when he called to abolish it) head of the DoE, only to discover it wasn't simply there to promote oil & gas, but was in fact in charge of our nuclear stockpile and Superfund site cleanup.
THAT was "Elongineering" before Elongineering.
that's 90% identical with Trumping ...
Somehow I am reminded of this. But for the mistakes of a leader, we would all be speaking Spanish.