That movie was a complete fabrication. Not even trying to be partisan here—the writer-director was accused of making stuff up and zero fact checking when it came out and his response was “well yeah, I was going for the feel of the era.”
Is that how that works? The guy with no experience in the job, does nothing all day, rejects work holistically, lives in his parent basement, is the single best person to do everything in the world?
I'd think he's a depressed, useless, complete loser. The only thing I'd trust that guy with is my *coffee order, and that's questionable.
I know you're mostly repeating a meme statement on the internet, but I'd wish it not be repeated, because we both know you don't really believe it.
> I'd wish it not be repeated, because we both know you don't really believe it.
I'm reasonably confident most people here understand the semantic behind the meme, rather than taking it at the face value as if it's a statement in a program.
I've always been supportive of the idea of kidnapping a random sample of citizens and forcing them to serve the country for a limited term. In fact I think this idea was unironically considered by the Greeks at one point or another...
This was actually depicted in Arthur C. Clarke's book "Songs of Distant Earth": a distant robo-seeded colony of Earth is visited by the last starship from dying Earth, on the way to another world (this world doesn't have enough land area for all the humans on the starship) to rebuild its ice shield. The society on this world is very small, about the size of a small city, since it's basically one small island on a waterworld. The society has a mayor, who is drafted for the job, with only one disqualification: anyone who actually wants the job is barred from having it.
Not always. There are occasionally people who want to make a point (Jay Inslee), or who have enough fame or money to force themselves onto the national stage.
The latter strategy of using your fame doesn't usually get far, although occasionally you get a comedian or television personality who makes it far enough.
I'm talking about Pat Paulsen, of course. Who were you thinking of? :)
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[ 3.0 ms ] story [ 68.7 ms ] threadDoesn't every candidate by definition "want to be president"?
Though the story goes that Washington didn't want the job, so he could have been okay.
I'd think he's a depressed, useless, complete loser. The only thing I'd trust that guy with is my *coffee order, and that's questionable.
I know you're mostly repeating a meme statement on the internet, but I'd wish it not be repeated, because we both know you don't really believe it.
*I don't drink coffee. Probably never will.
I'm reasonably confident most people here understand the semantic behind the meme, rather than taking it at the face value as if it's a statement in a program.
(Not want) implies (Qualified)
What I said was "there is a best qualified person for the job, and that person does not want it."
(Qualified) implies (Not Want)
Presumably, because they understand what the job entails and have better things to do.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athenian_democracy#Selection_b...
From memory a third of what would be our chamber.
That was design to keep the other in check.
There was a big revivance of that idea in Western Europe 10 years ago.
The latter strategy of using your fame doesn't usually get far, although occasionally you get a comedian or television personality who makes it far enough.
I'm talking about Pat Paulsen, of course. Who were you thinking of? :)
"aw man...I gotta go be president this month...that's going to totally blow our vacation"
― Kurt Vonnegut
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