These things are not incompatible.

My point is: assume evil, not stupid.

Even when it's really tempting to think your political opponents are stupid.

It's not really about assuming political opponents are stupid.

The current administration feels like a venture capital firm that's gotten control of the country with the intention of extracting as much value out of it as possible before jumping ship and leaving anyone not worth at least 8 figures to suffer the aftermath.

I get that impression too.

The way our world works, that would be completely fine for the 'economy looks set to accelerate' like in this article.

A good economy is not necessarily good for the general public.

I think there is a difference between mere us vs them political sports-fanning and having incredible skepticism towards a particular administration.

I do assume evil not stupid, which is why I don’t believe any of their stated goals for even one second.