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"As a society, we are constantly pushing many politicians to treat the
government as a business. "The government should be run like a great American
company," politician Fiorello La Guardia remarked as mayor in 1938. This trend
has continued to the present day, with survey after survey indicating that
Americans have more trust in businesses than the government or the media.
For some, this perception has been shattered by the election of Donald Trump, a
wealthy businessperson of unscrupulous disposition who has since been indicted.
Our first CEO president didn't lead us to a Golden Age but a recession. As Sean
Illing writes in
Vox of Trump’s first term: "Trump's background in business
could not have prepared him less for the job he has now… Even when he built
casinos, the only person he was ever able to serve was himself. He made a
profit, he paid himself enormous consulting fees, even as his shareholders were
taken to the cleaners. It's not hard to see how this approach would be a
disaster when applied to the presidency."
More and more people are coming around to the idea that a good businessman does
not necessarily make a good leader. Yet, for those still clinging to the notion
that the wealthy make better decisions, I want to make the case for why this
couldn't be farther from the truth. When it comes down to it, the rich are
terrible at making decisions and should be placed as far away from positions of
power as possible."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
