This seems more to do with the processes that determine who gets selected President than the power intrinsic to the office
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Enh, six of one It's all one big system
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Replying to @arthur_affect @Cybren and
Trump positioned himself as this Ultimate Outsider, remember, who *could* do whatever the fuck he wanted because he owed nothing to any members of the political Establishment
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Replying to @arthur_affect @nberlat and
Okay but he didn’t actually care that much
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Replying to @Cybren @arthur_affect and
it's sort of circular though because the same things that meant he didn't care were the things that led him to promise to do all this stuff that's not really possible.
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it's not that if someone like trump cared they could change everything; it's that only someone like trump who doesn't care would promise to make these sorts of changes because they don't understand how anything works.
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Replying to @nberlat @arthur_affect and
Someone like trump who had a specific ideological goal rather than being purely motivated by self interest could accomplish more profound and fundamental changes to the country
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I just feel like continuing down this line of argument we’re gonna get into apologia for why Obama couldn’t end the war on terror rather than why he /didn’t want to/
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Maybe The "soft power" elements of the system keeping someone who is both truly committed to and truly capable of radical change out of the White House are real, major parts of the system though
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Replying to @arthur_affect @Cybren and
Like they'll probably be arguing for years about "how exactly did Trump slip through the cracks here" But surely part of it was that he slipped through *because* he was not just reckless and unhinged but also profoundly stupid and ignorant
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I don't want to say this in like a conspiratorial Illuminati way, like "Oh they deliberately let him in with the intention of letting him fail to convince the American people to accept change is impossible" I think it's simpler than that
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Replying to @arthur_affect @Cybren and
It's the same reason that nobody who spontaneously runs onto a football field while the game is going on is capable of stripping the ball from its carrier and running it in themselves for a touchdown Even when that is their clearly committed intention
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Replying to @arthur_affect @Cybren and
Like, if you run for President on a "FUCK THE SYSTEM" platform and go "FUCK THE SYSTEM" to everyone you talk to all day If things are fucked enough, you might win, and winning the election will feel really good
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