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> A common NRx thread is that pretty much any chief executive (which includes military generals) would do a better job at being President (and even better King)
by mikeyouse 11y ago
> A common NRx thread is that pretty much any chief executive (which includes military generals) would do a better job at being President (and even better King) than the more traditional list of possibilities like lawyers and professors.
Which is immediately disproven by the disastrous presidency of our first "MBA President" GWB. (See the fellating articles before people realized how awful he would be at managing the country[1])
[1] - http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2004/08/the_first_mba_president.html http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2004/08/the_first_mb...
- harryjo 11y agonot pro or anti NRx ideas, but GWB is better described as a favored son of a political aristocracy -- his MBA and CEO are more a form of inherited wealth than business success of someone like Morgan or Thiel (or even Gates, who certainly to a leg up, but was also a successful businessperson)
- xyience 11y agoYeah, there are many qualifications one could make to the "give us a CEO-King, doesn't really matter which CEO". For instance one might disqualify anyone from Harvard, or only count CEOs that managed large companies and didn't drive them into the ground, etc. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_life_of_George_W._Bush https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_life_of_George_W.... is an interesting wiki page though.