Why do citizens of this country, who care about politics, perpetually focus the light on whomever the president is? Do people understand how our government actually operates, and how the government was founded? The whole point of that whole Revolutionary war? Anyone know?
The spotlight should be on Congress. That's the actual entity that runs this country, not the US president. A US president is vastly weak, as the powers are bestowed upon Congress and, gasp, the citizens. Yes, the US Constitution enables Congress AND citizens with more power than a president. Flashforward couple hundred years and the establishment has successfully brainwashed its citizens to focus on a president instead of the real power of the US government.
Obviously, a US president has some power, but its rightfully weak, yet somehow, mainly through movies and whatnot ("We gotta protect the president!"), citizens of this country somehow think the US president is the most powerful position on earth. In reality tho, the president is basically a spokesperson, and a distraction to keep the focus on the president, whilst the US congress continues unchecked by US citizens.
The spotlight should be on Congress. That's the actual entity that runs this country, not the US president. A US president is vastly weak, as the powers are bestowed upon Congress and, gasp, the citizens. Yes, the US Constitution enables Congress AND citizens with more power than a president. Flashforward couple hundred years and the establishment has successfully brainwashed its citizens to focus on a president instead of the real power of the US government.
Obviously, a US president has some power, but its rightfully weak, yet somehow, mainly through movies and whatnot ("We gotta protect the president!"), citizens of this country somehow think the US president is the most powerful position on earth. In reality tho, the president is basically a spokesperson, and a distraction to keep the focus on the president, whilst the US congress continues unchecked by US citizens.
Starting to see a pattern here. Almost as if federally elected leadership not only sucks across the board but also across time.