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But what does that point have to do with this article, which details how differently Carter lives compared to other former presidents? I think it’s self-evident
by danso 8y ago
But what does that point have to do with this article, which details how differently Carter lives compared to other former presidents? I think it’s self-evident that Carter, being one of the fewer than 50 men in the history of the U.S. to be elected president, has an existence generally unimaginable the the vast majority of Americans.
- pmiller2 8y agoThat’s precisely what’s wrong. How can people who have “unimaginable existences” represent me?
- tedunangst 8y agoAnd what does that have to do with the article?
- pmiller2 8y agoIt’s merely the example in front of me right now. Donald Trump or any of the people listed here (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_current_members_of_the_United_States_Congress_by_wealth https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_current_members_of_t...) would do just as well.
- yborg 8y agoI get that you have an axe to grind here, and are going to have at it with a will, but let's not be intentionally obtuse. The act of being the President itself is an existence most people can't really experience. It is inherent in the office. It would be absurd to suggest he immediately resign from the office of representing the people because he instantly is no longer one of the people. It's an inherent issue with representative democracy.
- danso 8y agoThe article does not purport to represent you or the general readership of the Washington Post. It says right in the title that it is about former President Jimmy Carter, and presumably, people are interested in reading about other people's lives, even ones that are profoundly different from their own.