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The fact that probably millions of people would vote for him to be president is terrifying to me.
by taytus 9y ago
The fact that probably millions of people would vote for him to be president is terrifying to me.
- eb00 9y agoTrump may have doomed us to an endless flood of celebrity politicians. I despise Zuckerberg but other celebrity candidates scare me more. If we must have a tech mogul I would prefer Gates or Cook.
- fiblye 9y agoOther celebrity presidents would merely be dumb. Society has managed to survive bumbling politicians, mocking them all along the way. Zuckerberg strikes me as hell-bent on global domination, but doing it with the most plastic smile possible. Given any sort of real authority, I doubt even humor at his expense would go unchecked.
- Caveman_Coder 9y ago> "Trump may have doomed us to an endless flood of celebrity politicians..." We've had numerous celebrity politicians before Trump. Franken, Reagan, Arnold, Ventura, Springer, etc... The list continues[1] and it definitely wasn't Trump that was the first (although he holds the highest position of any of the other celebrity-actor-politicians, without having first held another political position). [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_actor-politicians#USA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_actor-politicians#USA EDIT: Clarified my comment on Trump being the "first" celebrity-president
- pitt1980 9y agofwiw, Springer's political life was before he became a nationally known celebrity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Springer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Springer
- Cthulhu_ 9y agoReagan was president too though.
- Caveman_Coder 9y agoFair point. I edited my comment to make clear that I meant first celebrity-president without having had any other political position.
- romanovcode 9y agoGates would actually be pretty good IMO.
- marindez 9y agoGates as a candidate would work as well as McAfee
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