The New Trickle-Down Theory – Stupidity

At the very top sits a man with the vocabulary of a 4th grader, never proven to have graduated from any college (well, maybe Trump U.). The head of this idiotoracy plants himself behind the Resolute Desk, scrawling his name on executive orders he couldn’t explain if you spotted him the first three sentences. Each one has to be read aloud to him by one of his loyal sycophants, who nod approvingly like kindergarten teachers praising a child for coloring inside the lines.

Reagan promised money would roll downhill. What we actually got was debt and inequality. But America is resourceful: today, we’ve evolved into a new model — the trickle down of stupidity.

And where’s it most visible? In government.

They screamed about “unqualified DEI hires” but the real hiring program in America isn’t DEI — it’s WEI: White, Entitled, Inept. The résumés are thin, the credentials laughable, but the skin is always the right shade.

  • Pete Hegseth, a man whose greatest military strategy was once not reading books, is now the Defense Secretary. His most recent move? Firing Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Kruse — for the high crime of telling the truth about bombing Iran’s nuclear facilities.
  • Before that, he sacked CQ Brown, a decorated general, because nothing says “strong on defense” like pushing out the people who actually know how defense works.
  • RFK Jr., the man who admitted he literally has a brain-eating worm in his head, is now running the CDC. You can’t make this up — America put a parasite in charge of public health.
  • And Pam Bondi, with all the depth of a late-night infomercial host, gets a corner office because loyalty and grievance outweigh competence every time.

This is what happens when WEI runs the show. These aren’t the best and brightest — they’re the worst and whitest, picked because they’re guaranteed to nod, grin, and most importantly, never outshine the boss. Robert Greene warned about this in The 48 Laws of Power: Law #1 — Never outshine the master. And trust me, these folks are A+ students of that law. In fact, stupidity isn’t a liability in this system — it’s the job description.

And just like trickle down economics, WEI doesn’t stay at the top. The stupidity cascades downward, soaking the bottom 20% — the very folks Reagan once told us would benefit from the prosperity of the rich, and Trump now proudly calls “the poorly educated.” They’re in for the worst times in American history, but many are too busy cheering their own executioners to notice the rope tightening.

Wealth never trickled down. But stupidity? Under WEI, it flows like an open sewer. Because at the end of the day, as the old saying goes shit rolls downhill.

Published by Tracey Wallace