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@Hyolobrika maybe the thing that you are missing is that in a system like the US they don’t get that power merely because they get elected.

In the US it is fundamental to the system that no, we absolutely don’t trust ANYONE with such power.

It doesn’t matter if you get elected, it doesn’t matter if you really really want the power, it doesn’t matter if you think you have the power, you still don’t have the power, because the US system was designed specifically to make sure you don’t have that power.

That’s a huge problem with this whole “ democracy is on the ballot” nonsense. No, it’s not, because the US system was designed specifically to make such a thing impossible.

So I would say that if the people want to elect somebody promising things that they wouldn’t have the authority to do at all, then the people are wasting their votes and they’re going to be disappointed, but that’s really the long and short of it.

Might as well vote for the candidate that is promising to flap his arms and fly to the ceiling.

We should absolutely educate the public on civics so that they know those promises are unfulfillable, but if they want to vote for someone based on a promise that he can’t keep, well…

@freemo @realcaseyrollins