I think a lot of what people like about these strong man dictators is that democracy is purposely, especially representative democracy, is slow and it involves disparate groups having to compromise or not compromise, which is even slower.

And people get frustrated that there's no action when the

system was kind of built to prevent action, because action can be dangerous. And what they love about

Trump is activity. They love that we know China's been unfair in trade, or we know that there's been

no progress in the Middle East, or with with Korea or immigration. It's true.

We can't agree on what the solution is so we don't get action, but people want action.

And they mistake activity for action.

Like, well, no one ever did anything about North Korea. At least he's telling the guy he loves him.

Guys, I am totally nerd crushing on Joel Stein right now.

Who writes for TV, magazines, newspapers,

and books. I've been one of his cult followers reading this guy's humor pieces for decades,

starting when we were both obviously toddlers. Joel was a Time magazine columnist for 20 years until

2017.

He's one of those writers for whom the term writer's block doesn't compute.

Having also penned columns for Entertainment Weekly, Time Out New York, the LA Times, even his high school and then at Stanford University.

He's got this communicating with words thing often and quickly, down pat,

and not just on paper, but in person as a cable news talking head and a late night funny man.

In the past month alone, he's published an article for Town and Country magazine on how to protect your reputation. He's written an article on impeachment for the Washington

Post and a piece on the Democratic field for the New York Times. Prolific much. The book, Joel is

currently on tour for is beyond good. The other day, I force read chapters of it to several

Republican friends and they hated to admit that

they loved it and him. It was a rush, honestly, watching them nod their heads and accidentally

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