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Rare praise for cushy government jobs and low aspirations on HN. I'm here for it, don't get me wrong!

• MichaelZuo 2y ago
  Since when was attaining the rank of ambassador and being appointed to the Vatican ‘low aspirations’? Even the lowliest ambassador enjoys some authority, and much higher formal rank, than pretty much every non-unicorn startup founder.
  • 1-more 2y ago
    Ambassador to a country with no currency or trade or airport. In the US it’s a meme that political donors get to be ambassador to one of the easy countries. Doesn’t get much easier than the Vatican.
    • sulandor 2y ago
      > a country with no currency or trade or airport though more involvement in international affairs than a lot of countries with all of the above
      • 1-more 2y ago
        Involvement? They pledge their zero troops and threaten to withhold their zero dollars of trade? Maybe restrict movement over their zero square miles of air space? Is it early modern period day on HN what is going on????
  • 082349872349872 2y ago
    In the days of Franz Joseph Karl, Habsburgs didn't get ambassadorial appointments; they gave them.