I don't share political views with the conservatives on the SCOTUS, but I was under the shameful misapprehension that they were not unintelligent men, that they were capable of rational thought.
But I was wrong. Because not a single one of them managed to figure out that a President who is immune from prosecution for assassinating a political rival cannot possibly HAVE a congress who might impeach him. Do they imagine congresspersons do not fear death? #SCOTUS
And you don't have to be all that intelligent to dream up this scenario.
There's Putin in Russia giving them object lessons in how to do this.
I find myself, even at this late age, being surprised by the jawdropping stupidity of people in positions of immense power. I've really got to have a chat with my Big Other.
I have to wonder how many other people are like me. We have spent all our lives holding onto the fantasy that high office is an indication of capability.
It is so obviously nothing but an indication of ferocious ambition. #SCOTUS
@Remittancegirl
I was talking to my cousin about this. He visited me from Argentina last week. He’s a lawyer and got into politics for four years. He said people entering politics usually had principles they wanted to see enacted, and ambition.
But after four years, he was exhausted. The only people left around him where the crazy ones, who only had ambition - and nothing else.
@blabberlicious Then it is something about the setting of power itself that weeds out those with principles and leaves only those with horrific ambition, I gather.
@Remittancegirl
Yeah. There are some exceptions. I worked for Sadiq Khan’s London Mayoral campaigns While he’s not perfect, I do feel he’s tried to maintain the principles that he started out with. Air quality and fighting back the scourge of cars.
Another MP I did work for, who is also an A&E doctor with two kids, said being an MP is a job for the insane, or the insanely ambitious.
@Remittancegirl
Somewhat naïvely, I used to go along with the idea that British politicians should be paid more along the lines of their American counterparts.
@Remittancegirl
In its death throes, this UK government is being run like failing YouTube Channel; 24 Hour Churn of instantly forgettable sound bites, culture war clickbaiting, policy-free posturing.
@Remittancegirl my partner has a doctorate and uni level teaching experience. He worked at the provincial legislative library recently and was struck by the fact that most of the elected members (especially those in the governing party) were reading at a high school level.
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