Advice for someone who wants to one day run for POTUS

[Wink Wonk We Like Stonks]

If you're not bourgeois, devote your life to climbing the political ladder by acting like a billionaire sycophant. Go to law school, then work your way up to the big leagues through local elected positions. Given this and a whole lotta PR you miiiiiiiight have a shot at being president. Also, abandon your morals.

You seem like a good person. Please do not follow any of the above steps, there are ways to become politically active without betraying your morals.

basically this. be an old white guy (obama doesn't count as a real president until we see his birth certificate find out his last name), be ridiculously rich, be a republican if you are right-wing or a democrat if you are a little less right wing a communist not, abandon ideals and embrace compromise, and from there it's just obscene amounts of bribes funding and the fickle will of the people, as well as the cruel mistress that is the electoral college. good luck?

looking back on when i used to want to be president (do not ridicule me, i was in elementary/middle school, and therefore very unbased), i'm very confused as to why i ever thought i could win the election, and, more importantly, handle a high-stress job. nowadays i just worry about the future without one of the most stressful positions in the world. but hey, someone's gotta do it, and i'm sure a lot of people could do it better than many past/current presidents! pity they aren't rich enough. *exploits labor for profit*

[Sundiata]

I think I'd make an ok President. Not too good though, just ok. I'd be a master of fundraising.

[Greed and Death]

Remember it is shake hands and kiss babies, not kiss hands and shake babies.

[The Northern Chinese Republic]

Stop posting here.

This, and I'm not joking. I'm not taking pot shots at the community either. Be very careful what you post online because people may dig it up later.

[Valrifell]

Remember it is shake hands and kiss babies, not kiss hands and shake babies.

Fuck I got it mixed upp

[Levy]

So ever since I learned the words politics it has always interested me. Now I started my interest in 2016, although I’ll admit I believed everything that everyone said ( I supported trump because my dad did). I would say I really got super interested a couple months ago. When the pandemic personally affected me (school was made all virtual and my parents got sick with it) and Trump failed to control the spread, I sudd rly found myself watching CNN and the Covid-19 briefings everyday. I think I’m so interested by politics mainly because I enjoy history and and I wanted to create my own history. Now possibly in the mid 2040s/ early 2050’s I want to run for president. Of course I will have at least 20 years of experience in the senate, and 4 years in college. So what do you think? Any advice or comments?

Honestly, you need to know someone who’s apart of the establishment. Or be a member of the establishment yourself, Connect to richer people, more popular people, do favors for them. Then, in the future when you run for presidency, they’ll be there to help or support you along the way. By that point though, you’ll have already become apart of the establishment.

[Greed and Death]

Remember it is shake hands and kiss babies, not kiss hands and shake babies.

Fuck I got it mixed upp

And this is why I knew you were a British Nanny the whole time.

[Nobel Hobos 2]

So ever since I learned the words politics it has always interested me. Now I started my interest in 2016, although I’ll admit I believed everything that everyone said ( I supported trump because my dad did). I would say I really got super interested a couple months ago. When the pandemic personally affected me (school was made all virtual and my parents got sick with it) and Trump failed to control the spread, I sudd rly found myself watching CNN and the Covid-19 briefings everyday. I think I’m so interested by politics mainly because I enjoy history and and I wanted to create my own history. Now possibly in the mid 2040s/ early 2050’s I want to run for president. Of course I will have at least 20 years of experience in the senate, and 4 years in college. So what do you think? Any advice or comments?

Honestly, you need to know someone who’s apart of the establishment. Or be a member of the establishment yourself, Connect to richer people, more popular people, do favors for them. Then, in the future when you run for presidency, they’ll be there to help or support you along the way. By that point though, you’ll have already become apart of the establishment.

Well that's why I assume college: you make friends who may later be part of the establishment. The political party club at college will have some cross-section of those, also friends you may need later in the party.

Mind you, that applies best if your "college" is Ivy League. The US has a very stratified tertiary education system. The chance someone you know at a state university later becomes nationally famous, I guess aren't that good.

In Australia we don't have private colleges so much as a few big public Universities with the future 'establishment' diluted by more obscure future 'professionals' and of course some dropouts like me. I never really fitted in with the Student Politics scene, because I was going through a confused phase between being a Soviet-line Communist and some kind of AnCom, but I did see a lot of Tony Abbott (later Prime Minister) and Anthony Albanese (current Labor leader, possible future PM). I talked to Albo a few times: I'm sure we could have been friends if I hadn't been so intent on proving myself Leftier than him.

The essence of being "in the Establishment" is to be able to exchange favors with others of the Establishment. It can save your ass and open opportunities to have a friend in the Establishment, but if you're all take and no give you're not Establishment. If that sounds corrupt then so be it: you don't get respect just for doing your job, you have to abuse power to some extent if you're to be worth consideration. Others have to need you for something, or fear that you'll use your discretion against them, or you're nothing more than your rank and can't move up fast.

[Greed and Death]

Honestly, you need to know someone who’s apart of the establishment. Or be a member of the establishment yourself, Connect to richer people, more popular people, do favors for them. Then, in the future when you run for presidency, they’ll be there to help or support you along the way. By that point though, you’ll have already become apart of the establishment.

Well that's why I assume college: you make friends who may later be part of the establishment. The political party club at college will have some cross-section of those, also friends you may need later in the party.

Mind you, that applies best if your "college" is Ivy League. The US has a very stratified tertiary education system. The chance someone you know at a state university later becomes nationally famous, I guess aren't that good.

In Australia we don't have private colleges so much as a few big public Universities with the future 'establishment' diluted by more obscure future 'professionals' and of course some dropouts like me. I never really fitted in with the Student Politics scene, because I was going through a confused phase between being a Soviet-line Communist and some kind of AnCom, but I did see a lot of Tony Abbott (later Prime Minister) and Anthony Albanese (current Labor leader, possible future PM). I talked to Albo a few times: I'm sure we could have been friends if I hadn't been so intent on proving myself Leftier than him.

The essence of being "in the Establishment" is to be able to exchange favors with others of the Establishment. It can save your ass and open opportunities to have a friend in the Establishment, but if you're all take and no give you're not Establishment. If that sounds corrupt then so be it: you don't get respect just for doing your job, you have to abuse power to some extent if you're to be worth consideration. Others have to need you for something, or fear that you'll use your discretion against them, or you're nothing more than your rank and can't move up fast.

If your university is Ivy league you start in federal politics.

If you go to state U ( especially the flagship of the state university system). You start in regional politics and your path to President is through the governors office. From what I've seen in the south There is a degree of hostility to Ivy League in the last ten years. So we see a lot of Texas Governors come through University of Texas or Texas A&M.

So if he is in a big state State U works for governor than President.

[Geneviev]

I wouldn't run for president if I were you. But if you do want to, then stay away from the Internet.

[Greed and Death]

I wouldn't run for president if I were you. But if you do want to, then stay away from the Internet.

Come on now if 2016 taught us anything you win the Presidency by trolling on twitter.

[Geneviev]

I wouldn't run for president if I were you. But if you do want to, then stay away from the Internet.

Come on now if 2016 taught us anything you win the Presidency by trolling on twitter.

I think it was won in 2016 despite trolling, not because of it.

[Albrenia]

Come on now if 2016 taught us anything you win the Presidency by trolling on twitter.

I think it was won in 2016 despite trolling, not because of it.

Oh no, I'm with Greed and Death on this one. The memes and trolling were what got Trump over the line.

[Thermodolia]

Alternatively, be lucky enough to one day count yourself among the, oh, let's say 15% of the population who accumulate enough spare capital to run for office one day.

Well he’s kinda wrong yes be rich but you don’t have to be born into it. Look at Biden or some other presidents who were born into poverty or middle class

And those days don’t exist anymore. The times where you could go from rags to riches is quite frankly over

[Thermodolia]

Remember it is shake hands and kiss babies, not kiss hands and shake babies.

You mean babies aren’t meant to be shaken? Whoopise

[The Novakian Empire]

Eat lots of Beans.

[The Northern Chinese Republic]

I wouldn't run for president if I were you. But if you do want to, then stay away from the Internet.

Come on now if 2016 taught us anything you win the Presidency by trolling on twitter.

You have to already be rich and famous for that to work.

[Nobel Hobos 2]

Eat lots of Beans.

That will get you a memorable nickname, which is half the battle.

[Nobel Hobos 2]

Well that's why I assume college: you make friends who may later be part of the establishment. The political party club at college will have some cross-section of those, also friends you may need later in the party.

Mind you, that applies best if your "college" is Ivy League. The US has a very stratified tertiary education system. The chance someone you know at a state university later becomes nationally famous, I guess aren't that good.

In Australia we don't have private colleges so much as a few big public Universities with the future 'establishment' diluted by more obscure future 'professionals' and of course some dropouts like me. I never really fitted in with the Student Politics scene, because I was going through a confused phase between being a Soviet-line Communist and some kind of AnCom, but I did see a lot of Tony Abbott (later Prime Minister) and Anthony Albanese (current Labor leader, possible future PM). I talked to Albo a few times: I'm sure we could have been friends if I hadn't been so intent on proving myself Leftier than him.

The essence of being "in the Establishment" is to be able to exchange favors with others of the Establishment. It can save your ass and open opportunities to have a friend in the Establishment, but if you're all take and no give you're not Establishment. If that sounds corrupt then so be it: you don't get respect just for doing your job, you have to abuse power to some extent if you're to be worth consideration. Others have to need you for something, or fear that you'll use your discretion against them, or you're nothing more than your rank and can't move up fast.

If your university is Ivy league you start in federal politics.

If you go to state U ( especially the flagship of the state university system). You start in regional politics and your path to President is through the governors office. From what I've seen in the south There is a degree of hostility to Ivy League in the last ten years. So we see a lot of Texas Governors come through University of Texas or Texas A&M.

So if he is in a big state State U works for governor than President.

We mostly agree.
I do want to stress "other career" though. I expect voters to become more and more suspicious of the "career politician" and want some assurance it's not all the candidate is good for.

[Nobel Hobos 2]

I think I'd make an ok President. Not too good though, just ok. I'd be a master of fundraising.

I'd be an inspiring disaster. Probably resign right after the mid-terms, and for my parting speech sing the worst cover of House Of The Rising Sun that anyone has ever heard. Then shoot myself.

Being my VP would be a good gig though. You want it?

[Greed and Death]

If your university is Ivy league you start in federal politics.

If you go to state U ( especially the flagship of the state university system). You start in regional politics and your path to President is through the governors office. From what I've seen in the south There is a degree of hostility to Ivy League in the last ten years. So we see a lot of Texas Governors come through University of Texas or Texas A&M.

So if he is in a big state State U works for governor than President.

We mostly agree.
I do want to stress "other career" though. I expect voters to become more and more suspicious of the "career politician" and want some assurance it's not all the candidate is good for.

You have to at least have a decade of upper middle class life under your belt.

[San Lumen]

Start with municipal or county office and work your way up.

[Page]

Get the hell off the internet. In this day and age there is no guarantee of anonymity. You could use a fake name, never post pics, use a VPN and there is still a chance it will get back to you one day.

I certainly wouldn't feel good about running for office, there is so much I have posted here, things that I sincerely believe and standby that I still understand would destroy me.

[Ethel mermania]

Don't

[Latvijas Otra Republika]

Get off the news, internet and everything. Make friends pal, you don't want to spend the best time of your life watching fox news and CNN briefings