A well functioning executive of a liberal democracy should be boring and effective.

The US puts far too much import on its President. They would have been better off with a symbolic monarch so the Chief Executive could get work done. All the limos, "Hail to the Chief," drama of Airforce One -- it's just a distraction.

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Kwek00 · 41-45, M

It doesn't need to be boring though... just not controversial.
Like an executive can present an exciting positive project that gets a big amount of people rallied up, I see no issue in that.

Leave the anointed people outside, they can get pretty bad over time too and you can't vote them out.

Bumbles · 51-55, M

@Kwek00 Americans are to blame as well to the point where they had a cult figure in Trump as President, who has been deemed to be infallible by the Republican party. Surely, something has gone off the rails.

Kwek00 · 41-45, M

@Bumbles Well... there is a system that tries to create a consensus. If enough people believe in ideas that make it impossible to create consensur OR believe that no consensus can be reach because of enmity, the system breaks. 🤷‍♂️ I think there is deff. an individual responsibility there. I also think there is a societal one.