Don't blame me, I voted for the other guy. (Politics General)

@Background Pony #F6A9  
The fact he’s not a career politician is a good thing. That’s a good thing. One not really tied to any party or who have worked as a PM or any head of a previous party.  
You want change? here we go!
 
 
Also what a surprise! Researchers from the University of Cornell discovered that artificial intelligence systems designed to identify offensive “hate speech” flag comments purportedly made by minorities “at substantially higher rates” than remarks made by whites. but I guess it’s more okay when you are a minority and the other one is the so-called oppressor…

I’ve determined the main factor that differentiates Trump and Biden.
 
Despite both of them being dottering old fools, I at least trust Biden to surround himself, and staff key agencies with smart, capable people to make up for his faults.
 
Trump has shown he is only interested in surrounding himself with sycophants and idiots.

@Zincy  
Even as a figurehead, Biden has Trump beat. His brain could be Swiss cheese, and he probably wouldn’t suggest mainlining Lysol or call the Michigan Militia “very good people”.

@Zincy  
Are you sure?  

@Patachu
 
Biden and her barely tolarate each other and they wouldnt risk congressional districts by pulling appointees from the house.
 
Try again.
 

 
@Background Human
 
 
Precisely. That’s all I really ask of a President. Don’t be completely brain dead, hire smart people, counsel the nation in times of hardship.
 
Trump failed on all three of those.

@Patachu  
A person who is not a career politician isn’t less vulnerable to corruption, they are actually more. Because they don’t understand how to navigate the political field and would have to rely on their party to show them around, meaning those with opportunist aspirations are more likely to take advantage of the newcomer’s inexperience for their or their party’s political, benefit.
 
Think about it, why does Donald Trump a person who said on national television he wasn’t a very religious person, is trying to repeal the separation of church and state laws, something that many Republicans would prefer to overturn. Why would Donald Trump someone who isn’t a die hard conservative picking and supporting all these conservative judges? Why is Donald Trump someone who is adverse to using the US military called for the sudden assassination of an Iranian General? Its pretty clear Trump is only doing this to curry favor with conservative hardliners in his party. It’s no surprise that the Iranian general was assassinated during Trump’s impeachment trial and then suddenly the Republicans in the Senate and House vote in near solidarity against convicting Trump of impeachment.
 
Trump is a slave to the GOP and does their bidding because he doesn’t understand politics. You can see this plain as day when Trump was going on about having people inject disinfect and then the next day he cuts the briefing short and has a more humbler tone. Republicans have Trump leashed and collared.

@Apple Thor  
it’s not Trump’s fault if people are dumb as fuck.

@Patachu  
It is his fault that he’s too stupid to realize who he’s surrounding himself with.

@Patachu  
Trump knows how loyal his base is to him and to say inject disinfects is something that you would think he would know not to do. People tuned in to the press briefing to hear vital information and would believe that Donald Trump cared about the office he held, the country or even safety of his own base enough not to lie to them like he did that day. He swore to protect us the American People from threats foreign and domestic and when we needed him to be honest with us the most, he couldn’t do that…he doesn’t care about the very country he swore to protect. He doesn’t care about us. Isn’t that disheartening?

@Apple Thor  
@Mikey
 
I disagree, it’s people (americans, mostly, sorry to name them) who takes everything he says literally who are stupid. The journalists first. For the stupid, leave darwinism do its job. Fro the credibility, same.

@Patachu  
They have to cover Trump because its their job. If they aren’t there to fact check Trump then it is no different from Trump holding his MAGA rallies. Trump would turn the podium into a tool to spew propaganda. It does a disservice to what the daily briefing are suppose to be about, which is to inform the public of important information. Lucky the media called Trump out on his obvious attempts to politicize the briefing and Trump finally backed down.

@Patachu  
Trump isn’t the least bit bright.

@Patachu  

 
He’s the fucking president, people kind of have to take him seriously

Just stop looking to the president as your leader. This has been a bad idea for the last few presidents and will continue to be. The president just needs to run the executive branch and not get in the way. That means no new unnecesaary wars, no crashing the economy, no infringing on our rights. Trump has mostly done this, though his trade war with China is stupid.

@Background Pony #F6A9  
Uh, I may be asking a stupid question, but when the president holds the supreme executive power, then what are you supposed to look to him as, if not a leader?

@Ereiam  
An Administrator, a manager, an employee of the American people.

@Background Pony #F6A9
 
The last 2 Dems have been good enough presidents. Sure as a person they both turned out to be lacking, and their presidencies weren’t exactly completely spotless, but you can easily say the good outweighs the bad.
 
And yeah, you kinda expect your leader to be someone that can lead you.

@Dustcan  
All of them have been “good enough” in that we still exist. Doesn’t change the fact that the policies of Clinton and Bush Jr. didn’t help with the great recession (Congress is of course included in this, as is the Fed). Bush Jr. led us into two conflicts, one of which was arguably justifiable (Afghanistan) and Obama campaigned on ending wars and instead expanded the conflict. I would say they were good enough, we are still growing as a nation and despite the wars the conflict isn’t here on our land.
 
All that being said I don’t think people should look to these men as their leaders. They are leaders of the executive branch and the military. If you are not a member of either of those then they are politicians.

@Background Pony #F6A9  
We are a union of states not a confederation of states. We have to have faith in all branches of government, and also hold them accountable. If we don’t do that it paves the way for corruption. Look at the Republican party. Their base does not care who they elect to office thus allowing people like Mitch McConnel to hold onto his seat for so damn long despite how inept he is.
 
Countries like Argentina don’t care who they elect leading to the Kushners getting back into office despite being convicted and ruined by scandals

I mean sure, at the end of the day, a President is a figurehead, he’s not supposed to have all the power.

@Apple Thor  
None of what you said means you should look to them to lead you.
 
 
@Mikey  
Exactly, this is also why our legislative branch needs to wake up. I know someone will respond to this to complain about Mitch, but don’t think this stops with only the Republicans.

@Mikey  
Thank God Trump doesn’t have all the power. He’s just an idiot.

@Background Pony #FAA1  
We need them to lead us, The president the face of the nation. They are suppose to be someone who the people can rally behind in times of crisis. America is in a moment of crisis and we need a strong leader who can bring the country together. Bush senior and Jr. Did it to great effect in the Persian Gulf War and 9/11 respectively.

@Apple Thor  
We don’t need them to lead us. We need them to run the executive branch and stay within the limits of their power.

@Patachu
 
The mere statement that democracy is democracy and then later talk about Social Darwinism makes me roll my eyes again. But let me try to explain it to you.
 
Democracy 2.0 is a debate that has been going on for years about whether Web 2.0 should be used to reform government administration, which has become increasingly rigid in recent decades. Create social networks, send short messages, exchange information, pictures and texts every second. After all, these things are now part of the everyday life of the younger generation that is growing up in the network world today. And indeed, the fear of contact is dwindling in all (even the older) social groups. The innumerable communication possibilities in digital networks could in the future break up hardened structures of our political system and encourage a society that is regarded as disenchanted with politics to participate in political discussions. But is opinion and decision making carried out via Web 2.0 really democratic? This is what is at stake within this debate. In any case, it is an interesting political approach.
 
In fact, it would not be so wrong to let the people participate more in the political decisions of a country again. I am thinking, for example, of the Voting system in Switzerland. Whether at the national or local level, it is simply a matter of development. The thoughts behind this are not new. All that is needed is to create the appropriate conditions in the areas of security, accountability and political consensus.
 
Of course you should have confidence in your respective government, I can understand that very well. But on the other hand, governments should perhaps relinquish some of their administrative responsibility and let the citizens who are affected by the case decide. In terms of communication technology, this would be quite feasible. It would only have to be accepted by the population and also by politicians. ;-)