• aesthelete@lemmy.world
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    Elected representatives in democracies are largely entertainers, comedians, podcasters, and the likes.

    Citation needed. The last time I checked most politicians were lawyers. Johnson himself started out his career as a lawyer, and he’s the primary subject of my rant here.

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      Citation needed

      i don’t have a citation, and “largely entertainers” was certainly an overstatement. still, there are many examples, like silvio berlusconi in italy (media mogul), boris johnson in england, trump, …

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        There are examples and most of them are terrible leaders. But Johnson isn’t a former entertainer and neither are the majority of these asshats.

        People need to start telling them to shut up and write laws.

        Shut up and do oversight, Johnson, you stupid fuck.