> “wouldn’t he be more capable…?”
Yes. But there’s a pretty huge gap between capability and what we’re seeing now. Just about anyone could fit in it.
“I’d vote for a tuna fish sandwich before I’d vote for Donald Trump again,” said Jack Spielman, who voted for Trump in 2016 but now calls him “toxic.”—May 29th article
If we can’t take the November election seriously, I think we’re pretty much done for.
This country was founded on revolution, and many of the heroes we revere were mavericks. We perpetuate this self-congratulatory myth of rebellion with endless David-and-Goliath contests in movies and other popular media, always rooting for the guy who pulls off a prank behind the principal’s back. But you can’t sustain revolution as an ongoing state, not while hoping for anything like stability. Which I think a lot of us (regardless of hat color) crave.