I think about this all the time. Flip the question to: why would you WANT to be a politician in the US right now? It’s the worst gig in the world. Imagine the desire for power and renown it would take to subject oneself to this utter horror show.
the obvious answer for seeking power is "to bring the world more into conformity with my values" but to get to presidential levels you have to sacrifice those values to singleminded ladder climbing.
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this may be insufficiently cynical, not all of these people *have* values
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i suspect the real reason is to feel that one's existence has been validated by History
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i suspect this is why people respect or like 'disruptors' with novel policy proposals or reforms (aoc, yang, sanders, and, yes, trump) than moderates who take whatever is safely within the moment's overton window (hillary)
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