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Funny how all these anti-science fascists seem to be able to intuit people's genes without knowing the first thing about genetic science, or caring to learn. Almost like they're just using the word "genes" as a stand-in for superficial features like, to take a completely random example, skin color.
It’s the essence of tribalism. Before genes it was blood. People were (are) judged by their names, style of dress, language, pallor, etc.
Humans evolved to survive in small groups and identifying those in and out of the group was important. Now, we struggle to overcome those instincts.
This makes a lot of sense. He’s a narcissist and knows his most valuable asset is his fucking name. So naturally he has to believe that genes are the most important factor in assessing someone’s quality, otherwise he’s just an old moron with a disastrous history of poor investments. But! He’s a Trump. So, therefore, he is awesome.
God, he is just so fucking weird.
It's like me judging people by how good they are at basketball. Firstly, terrible and stupid way to judge people, that says more about the judger than anyone else. But secondly, I fucking suck at basketball.