Ever since I discovered Hardcore History I really appreciated Dan Carlin's take on both history and current events through his podcasts. Recently however, on his Common Sense podcast, Dan let loose a TDS rant that I didn't think was possible for someone I generally considered fairly moderate. In retrospect, he was a journalist at one point, and so probably leans to the left and things rather highly of the news, which we know to be full of bullshit now, especially when it comes to Trump.

His main argument seemed to be that Trump is a populist and authoritarian, and likens him to other historical figures who either were warnings, or the cause of, internal unrest (think Caesar or Hitler). He also made note that he trusted Biden more with nuclear launch codes than Trump, conveniently leaving out all the good Trump has done in the foreign policy realm that has actually de-escalated tensions around the world with some pretty trigger-happy countries.

What really gets me is that he completely left out all the things the Dems, and by extension the left, have done to destabilize and radicalize the populace and all the violence that, while yes is occurring under Trump's administration, is being caused by leftists and not right wingers.