• PrinceWith999Enemies@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    One of the main jobs of the president is assigning work to other people. The president isn’t supposed to be the best economist, the best strategist, the top scientist, or the best trade planner. They’re supposed to make decisions based on the input of the people they selected for the position.

    My biggest concern with Bernie (who is someone I absolutely admire and who I’ve supported for decades) is that he is total crap at picking staff and then he stays loyal to them.

    There’s a tendency in western political philosophy that basically says that the king himself is a good person, but he has bad advisors. This is done for ego-saving, as people would rather criticize advisors than the king.

    RFK is truly unhinged. He’s a conspiracy theorist. He’s the weird uncle you don’t invite to Thanksgiving. I wouldn’t let him house sit for me. If the guy can’t even win over his family members, I don’t think he’s promising. He’s being funded to run as a spoiler by the opposition, and I expect his support to plummet as soon as he’s actually put in front of a mic and gets national attention. Remember when Herman Cain was the Republican front runner until people figured out more about him? I think this is basically that.

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      5 months ago

      I’d actually really like to see how he would fare in a debate. I’d really like to hear what he has to say.

      I think the media is giving him a bad rap on purpose because American media is so biased and is completely bought by the Democrats or Republicans.

      Also, for the record, I’m not American or living in America. So I’m from the outside looking in. I’ve read some of the stuff RFK said and it doesn’t sound like he’s unhinged or a conspiracy theorist. Except for the death of JFK and his father and how that was the CIA. But, I wouldn’t even be surprised if that was true. America’s so fucked up.

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        5 months ago

        Also, for the record, I’m not American or living in America.

        Makes sense, because you definitely sound like someone trying to undermine US interests by stumping for this guy