Professional freaks, and the worlds they ruin

“When the going gets weird, the weird turn professional.”

In his book Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail ’72, Hunter S. Thompson noted that “When the going gets weird, the weird turn professional.”

Over half a century later, I’d have to say that quote still pretty much sums up politics. (And that’s to say nothing of the loons acting as “influencers” on the doomscrolling fever-dream known as social media w…