posted by O-Trap
Makes me nervous.
Historically, a world power obsessed with attractiveness the way we seem to be is toward the end of its global dominance.
Just
Well, we are so obsessed with celebrity that we elected a reality show entrepreneur whose main skills are projecting confidence (whether it's warranted or not) and talking over others, so...
And he's not nearly the first former actor, pro athlete, etc. elected to some sort of national post, so I'd say it's way too late to be closing that door. When we're dumbed down enough as a society that a person can say "I'm famous and you remember me from this moment, so VOAT!!!!!" and there's a good chance of that working, might as well just obliviously jet down that hill until the inevitable crash!