This from French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher François-Marie Arouet, known to us as Voltaire. If you’ve never read Candide, I hope you’ll treat yourself.
The reason he’s correct here is the truth of what Plato said 2000 years prior, which I paraphrase: Only people who do not desire power are qualified to have it.
The United States has had its issues with a few presidents, e.g., Jackson, Harding, and Nixon, though, until Trump, we never had a leader whose interests were based only on his own enrichment and aggrandizement.
With each passing day, Trump’s rhetoric reveals to an even greater degree his cruelty, his vindictiveness, and most of all, his lack of understanding of the U.S. Constitution. The only thing he has on his side is his capacity to mirror the hate and ignorance of his MAGA base.
We used to be proud of our country.
I’ve been to Japan. They’re sharp people.
At the very least, they don’t have people stupid enough to indiscriminately shoot water all over a village because of a kitchen fire.
I hope I never have the displeasure to meet someone stupid enough to believe that this device:
a) eliminates food waste and lowers grocery bills (unwanted food is thrown into this machine vs. the garbage), and
b) eliminates all waste. It uses a great deal of electricity. Does your garbage can or compost pile do that?
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