paralyzing stupidity

Man I love that line.

oh dude, that's nothing:

It was curious how that beetle-like type proliferated in the Ministries: little dumpy men, growing stout very early in life, with short legs, swift scuttling movements, and fat inscrutable faces with very small eyes. It was the type that seemed to flourish best under the dominion of the Party.

1984 - George Orwell

It's like George was looking at his picture when he wrote that.

Sounds more like Jeff Zucker (poynter.org) former CEO of CNN