Electing a president is about electing a vision of the world.
The world I want:
Rising quality of life for all people, especially the poorest and those with the least resources.
An ecologically balanced world that is not systemically hostile to life.
An end to the most unconciousable injustices.
A world ruled by just people. Governments that control the legitimate use of force, that are powerful and wise enough to quash the inevitable groups of self-interested men with guns.
Freedoms rising for all in the Amartya Sen sense.
A world where people understand those in other nations.
The president I want:
A person with the intelligence and charisma to unite a nation.
A person smart enough to know what can't be acheived, but idealistic enough to know what must be acheived.
Someone who feels accountable to everyone. Someone who will make the right decision even when many people disagree (at least publically). Someone who admits his or her mistakes, and does his best to address them.
Someone who wants a better world for everyone.
A person who can communicate his vision to everybody.
Someone free of scandals and distractions.
Someone who does his job sustainably, so that after eight years he could still do eight more.
A person who can run big things.
A person who exemplifies the best aspects of our nation.
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