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Something interesting to watch about the current executive is he never talks about the future concretely. Keep an eye on his rhetoric. He'll talk in broad stro
by shadowgovt 2y ago
Something interesting to watch about the current executive is he never talks about the future concretely.
Keep an eye on his rhetoric. He'll talk in broad strokes, bright-shining-future abstracts... But he never talks about anything specific. Never about how any specific policy will create a specific good outcome. No concrete ideation.
An idea that has been floated on this topic is that he's not actually capable of imagining such a future because he won't be in it (one way or the other; dude's 78).
It makes him dangerous. He can accidentally destroy something he can't even conceive of existing.
- layer8 2y agoHe'll likely live another 15 years or so. I'm pretty sure he's imagining a future for himself. He's talking about a third term, which means at least eight years of "future". He also has children whose continued success he probably cares about. That said, I agree that he doesn't seem interested in building anything but his personal kingdom (including walls to protect it).
- shadowgovt 2y ago> He also has children whose continued success he probably cares about. Does he ever talk about them using anything other than abstract platitudes like "great?"
- FireBeyond 2y agoWell, "If she wasn't my daughter I'd probably be dating her" is a bit more on the specific side...