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> claiming that someone in his position never will is at best wishful thinking, at worst self-delusion Recall that "never will" is a colloquialism for "very un
by asfasgasg 9y ago
> claiming that someone in his position never will is at best wishful thinking, at worst self-delusion
Recall that "never will" is a colloquialism for "very unlikely will." I wouldn't call that assertion delusional. The word I'd use is, "probably correct." You picked two examples of unlikely candidates who did actually run. But most unlikely candidates don't ever actually run! They just don't come to mind because they didn't run.
- Yetanfou 9y agoNever means never, songs have been written about this [1]. Words have meaning, words have power; if the idea was to say 'unlikely' it would have been just as easy to say 'It is highly unlikely that Zuck...'. Given Zuck's power - or money, but money equals power so it doesn't make much sense to separate the two - I do not consider it unlikely for him to run for president if he feels the inclination for doing so. His chance of winning wholly depends on who he'd be running against. Given his lack of charisma his chances would not be high but the saying 'in the land of the blind one-eye is king' still holds. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auFSEf-9Xqw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auFSEf-9Xqw Ne dit jamais, jamais.
- asfasgasg 9y agoOh, well, if a song has been written about it. Next you're going to be telling me about yellow submarines and octopuses' gardens.