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That’s precisely what’s wrong. How can people who have “unimaginable existences” represent me?

• tedunangst 8y ago
  And what does that have to do with the article?
  • pmiller2 8y ago
    It’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 ago
  I 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 ago
  The 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.