Should it not be a prerequisite for the presidency that the person be a decent human being?

Sep 1, 2020 Β· 5:21 PM UTC

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Replying to @marwilliamson
If that is the case, then we may still be looking for the first POTUS of America. Slave owners, destroyers of countries, killers of tens of millions op people around the world, theft of their resources, nearly no assistance to their constituents, exception, FDR to keep capitalism
Replying to @marwilliamson
That would've disqualified every President in my lifetime...and it's probably a safe bet to say it'd've disqualified all who came before.
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Replying to @marwilliamson
I'd love to see a president in our lifetime that isn't a war criminal.
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Replying to @marwilliamson
Great point! Where DO the billionaires find some of these clowns they think would make great Presidents, Senators, etc.?
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Replying to @marwilliamson
Our systems are so disgusting in America, that they create disgusting people. From religion to cable news, they teach us to be bullshit humans. Spirituality never had a chance against these big, powerful systems. We need new systems of communication.
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Replying to @marwilliamson
It would be a shame to make a decent person lose their decency by bloodieing their hands at the helm of the American imperialist war machine. It's not like there will ever be a president who opposes endless wars.
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Replying to @marwilliamson
Considering the demands of the military-industrial complex and prison-industrial complex, the job seems to require morally bankrupt human beings.
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Replying to @marwilliamson
Or at very least not diagnosable malignant narcissist