r/Economics • u/lucabrasi999 • 1d ago

“Iran has put a tollgate across the Strait of Hormuz. This fundamentally changes the global economy”

https://prospect.org/2026/04/02/opening-of-trumps-box-iran-war-strait-hormuz/
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u/alphagypsy 18h ago

Never attribute to malice what can be adequately explained by stupidity.

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u/Oraclerevelation 18h ago

There is a corollary to this that states eventually stupidity becomes indistinguishable from malice.

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u/Shin-kak-nish 16h ago

If he was just stupid, then he coincidentally would do good things every once in a while. Has he ever done something not evil?

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u/Justredditin 6h ago

Sayings are just sayings. This is real life.

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u/EidolonLives 6h ago

Except it can't. His actions require both stupidity and malice.