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Louisiana lawmakers vote to remove lunch breaks for child workers, cut unemployment benefits (www.nola.com)

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[–] cogman@lemmy.world 11 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Anyone who's name ends with "the third" should not be allowed to run for office.

Also anyone that calls themselves The X king should be banned from office... Heck, anyone that's ever owned a business of any sort should be banned from office. These are people not representative of the general public.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I've met the general public. They're cool, but pretty easy to manipulate. I don't think we want them in office.

[–] cogman@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

I'd rather an easy to manipulate person in office than an explicitly corrupt suit.

But beyond that, wealth and prestige isn't granted to people based on intelligence or capability. There are plenty of smart capable people that have had lives far more relatable to the average person.

We have more than a few examples of idiot million and billionaires.