• StillAlive@piefed.world
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    10 hours ago

    That’s how much of a failure he is.

    Weird thing to say about someone who became president of the USA, twice. He’s a liar, cruel, sociopath, conman… the list goes on. But failure isn’t one of that.

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        10 hours ago

        Didn’t know Peter Principle applied to elected politicians.

        Anyway, it says, ‘people in a hierarchy tend to rise to “a level of respective incompetence”’.

        Would you say Donald Trump was competent before becoming a president?

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      8 hours ago

      getting elected only means you ar good at winning elections, not necessarily being good at the job that the election lands you

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      7 hours ago

      I guess it depends on the definition? If he set out to scam a bunch of money from his supporters, become King Of the Racists, and rape children with Epstein, then yeah; he succeeded.

      But he’s nearing the end of his natural life and he clearly failed to find joy. He failed to be loyal to his country. He failed to show empathy, and experience the happiness that goes along with it. He failed to be human and it’s too late now, he’s almost gone…

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      9 hours ago

      I’m just glad that people can only be described in binary terms. Wouldn’t it be awful if they could be described in two different ways at the same time?!?! I’m so glad the world is so simple.