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>Why does it have to be one or the other? Intellectual prowess helps you run the country. "Like to have a beer with," doesn't. And 'like to have a beer with'
by WalterSear 10y ago
>Why does it have to be one or the other?
Intellectual prowess helps you run the country. "Like to have a beer with," doesn't.
And 'like to have a beer with' isn't' the same as charisma. The demographic of people one would 'like to have a beer with' overwhelmingly skews to people like oneself. In other words, it's a form of in-group signaling, and, ultimately, a soft word for prejudice.
- AnimalMuppet 10y agoBeing the kind of person that "the other side" would like to have a beer with will definitely help with running the country - perhaps as much as being an intellectual will, and maybe more.
- WalterSear 10y agoNot charisma. It's never the kind of person 'the other side would like to have a beer with'. It's always a white redneck who would say racist things when drunk.