Stoppage Time will be on Clubhouse every day after The Daily Objective
Rucka’s first good president is George Washington because he was a man of principle
By what metric do we measure a good president? Presidents who have reputations for being the greatest presidents of all time — they’re the authoritarians who have done more to ruin the constitution and come between you and your individual rights. You can probably count the good ones on one hand (Mark)
Teddy Roosevelt is the worst — set precedents in getting involved around the world and going beyond the proper role of government (Rucka)
Abraham Lincoln was one of the first to expand executive power to the degree he did (Mark)
Woodrow Wilson was a more intellectual version of a bully (Mark)
Wilson took America into WWI and explicitly said it would be a great national adventure — what a sick person. He was racist, even for his time (Rucka)
Coolidge — he wasn’t perfect, but he gave citizenship to all native Americans (Rucka)
Warren Harding got us through a depression that could’ve been worse. After Harding all the presents increased statism (Mark)
A lot of anarchists like Trump — Rucka considers him one of the worst.
The presidency is a rogues’ gallery for the most part. There were a handful who understood their job and didn’t let the power get to their heads (Mark)
How about kids aspire to invent a technology we can’t live without rather than aspire to be president (Rucka)
