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Old 04-16-2023, 12:26 PM
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Humans make a big mistake when they try to find that one great leader that will turn their lives around and make everything wonderful. There was a sci-fi movie about that called "Dune" where only one great leader could ride the giant space-folding WORMS. Mankind has NOT risen past the anthropological idea of tribalism, where the one (god-like) leader carries the nation on his (mostly) shoulders to ultimate glory. Think Hitler, Stalin, Churchill, and the Kennedys.
........For myself, I would prefer a 3 or 5-person panel to be President of the US, not just ANY one person.
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