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Why is this downvoted? It is factual. Just because you dont like the president ?

• geofft 7y ago
  Because it doesn't answer the question. "What are the implications of running rm -rf as root" is not answered by "root is allowed to run rm -rf".
  • geggam 7y ago
    rm -rf is not actually bad. rm -rf / as root ( to what you refer) will run until it runs into the proc file system but it too is not bad if that is what you want to do ... and as root you have the ability to make that choice. As president you have the ability to make the choice to declassify anything. As president you have the ability to choose to murder people via the military for 60 days without congressional approval Perhaps the better question is "Why does the president have so much power ? "
    • jarfil 7y ago
      Much like root, the president has the power of making split second decissions in extreme situations... and that's all right. But even dictators need to somehow explain their decisions or they risk getting kicked out.