• rumba@lemmy.zip
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    15 hours ago

    Could you imagine an entire administration run by talk show hosts.

    Kimmel, Colbert, John Stewart.

    I’m not sure they’d do a good job or that they’d even side with the public with issues or avoid bribes, but they’d be charistmatic AF.

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      12 hours ago

      Despite them being good people it would defacto be a step closer to Idiocracy.

      We want leaders who’ve built a career doing things.

      Speaking truth to power is an entirely different skillset.

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        10 hours ago

        I fully agree in concept, but i fear our career politicians (even the best ones) are corrupted or at least working complicately in a fully corrupt system.

        I don’t think that talk show hosts are the answer. Although, Stewart at least is 100% up to speed on political matters which is more than I can say about some presidents.

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          10 hours ago

          Doing things doesn’t necessarily mean politics. Could mean education, or administration, or front line work. Real life experience that qualifies someone to be in charge of things.