• Tja@programming.dev
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    9 months ago

    Being a celebrity shouldn’t be disqualifying. Trump was a dumb, loud criminal before being president and stayed a dumb, loud crimnal as president.

    Stewart is in one of the most intelligent, articulate, charismatic and compassionate people in the public sphere and one can only hope he would be such as president. If he wanted to run, which he doesn’t.

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      9 months ago

      intelligent, articulate, charismatic and compassionate people in the public sphere

      Great but it takes a lot more than that to be a GOOD president.

      You need to be more than just popular. I know it’s a common mistake to think celebrities will make good presidents because they have charisma.

      That is how we ended up with Trump.

      Have higher standards.

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        9 months ago

        That’s why I didn’t even mention “popular”, and listed a bunch of other traits besides charisma.

        Comparing Stewart with Trump is lazy and simplistic, do better.