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   On Wed, 07 Feb 2024 09:40:00 +1300, Mike Powell wrote:   
      
   >> .It is a sad commentary on the United States that out of over 340   
   >> million people Biden and Trump are their options for leaders, are they   
   >> *really* the best the country has to offer ?   
   >   
   > I would like to think not, as an American, but I am afraid they are   
   > going to be our choices again.  Biden wouldn't step aside, and Trump has   
   > too many followers for anyone else to get nominated.   
      
   In all the good democracies, you have a realistic choice of more than two   
   parties to vote for, and the ones running for election are not the ones   
   running the election.   
      
    -- notice the USA   
   is only in the third-from-top decile.   
      
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