09-06-2020, 08:24 PM
(09-06-2020, 04:59 PM)Schmoe1 Wrote: I think it's a joke that the choices over the past few elections have been Trump, Hillary, and Biden. There really doesn't exist better people to run the country? Do they even truly run the country?
There ARE better folks to run the country, but none of them want the job. Too many headaches come with it, and they are not really the power seeking sort of people.
Power seekers are the LAST type of person you want in that job, and it's a strange quirk of human nature that those are the only types that are drawn to it.
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Diogenes was eating bread and lentils for supper. He was seen by the philosopher Aristippus, who lived comfortably by flattering the king.
Said Aristippus, ‘If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils.’ Said Diogenes, ‘Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king.’
Said Aristippus, ‘If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils.’ Said Diogenes, ‘Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king.’