• Canaconda@lemmy.ca
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    5 days ago

    I don’t know that I’d want her in any position that required significant diplomacy and tact

    I find it genuinely concerning that Americans are more frequently looking towards entertainers for civic leadership.

    Allowing democracy to fully become a popularity contest is an overlooked, and IMO underweighted contributor to the problems they’re facing.

    • WhoIzDisIz@lemmy.today
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      5 days ago

      I’m not looking for any particular background, but rather the type of person someone is. The fact celebrities are inevitably more well-known than obscure local politicians probably has much more to do with the effect you’re probably conflating than anyone deliberately looking just for celebrities to lead.

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      4 days ago

      Well, yea, but this is a human thing. Not an American thing. The president of Ukraine is an entertainer should we go through the rest of the world?