so...pretty much the same as most presidents.

I get that, I just don't see how it moves the agenda of the people forward, for that matter I don't see the people's agenda getting moved forward at all, I see the agenda of the corporations being of primary concern.

There are two possible reasons why heads of state are very rarely arrested after leaving office:
1) They are extremely honest
2) They are able to avoid prosecution

I will let you decide for yourself which one is more probable.

@busillis he always said corporations move economies not regular joes . With his small store.

@Doc I like the corporations letting the government know what I'm going to do, it makes it easier that way.

https://www.truthdig.com/articles/sheldon-wolin-and-inverted-totalitarianism/

Or no one would want to be a head of state if you prosecuted your heads of state after their terms... is more likely

No one with any credentials or morals wants to be a head of state anyway, leave that for the psychopaths.

@MatiLuc I would have pulled up something better but I'm searching and Google so...

@Soburin which would be a subclass of "able to avoid prosecution" I would say.

Regarding inverted totalitarianism

able to avoid prosecution implies it's the individuals effort to do so. It's not. It's a procedural necessity to have a head of state at all.

When asked why there are so few great heads of state, Napoleon is said to have replied: "To become a head of state, you have to display absolute pettiness. To become a great head of state, you need to display absolute greatness. Those two qualities are very rarely found in one man. "

@Doc http://www.faculty.ucr.edu/~legneref/ethnic/mummy.htm

Absolute Immunity is a wonderful Tool...

Its never absolute. Just ask Gitler and Mussolini

@William Dinan everybody should have absolute immunity...

That was a joke.

or a reference to the movie Purge.

@Doc. Didn't say it was full proof!....lol

I'm not familiar with popular culture.

I have to stay somewhat in touch to be able to communicate with the Kardashians and the Zoomers.

I try to talk only about work-related stuff to people who I interact with.

(Kardashianism in this context is just a shorter term for "post-anomic hyperconsumation"

@busillis this is work related for me.

Otherwise I'd be labeled a nut instantly.

Dead people I don't know?

What are you talking about that link posted above?

Not really but kind of.

did I link anythng?

No I did above...

Sorry I misunderstood...

Keeping up with the Kardashians is a must for work?

Exposing myself to the Kardashians gives me the feeling that the species has reached a tipping point.

Read some of it. Sounds like the time we live now. Inverted totalitarianism

That's the point.

If all the time spent watching the Kardashians was spent reading journal articles the world might be unperceivably less f...ed.

@busillis I spent some time trying to look over the event horizon when it comes to projecting the culture of the occident. Let me know if this is of interest.

@Doc, you just advanced to level 25!

Trump going to jail is a pipedream. Even Nixon didn't end in prison.