Marcy,It's problematic. If I set out to win the primaries, enough to gain the nomination of a gigantic political aparatus, over the dead bodies of the aparatus, I would say what got the job done.
Does that make me a different person than I am now? Do you think I would "go statist" on you?
Or would I more likely, set out to do what I want to do next, according to who I am?
Plarforms are irrelevant, without the power to implement their intentions. E.g. with no rope, there is no rope for the drowning man, as the platform proclaims its intention to throw ropes to drowning men. It's pure bull shit...theatrical hand-wringing and intellectual heroin for the operationally useless.
Yeah, and people famously thought Mussolini was great for making the trains run on time. It's the same old impulse – put your trust in a self-assured "strongman" leader who makes all kinds of feel-good promises he can't deliver on. This time in America it taps into an anti-intellectual current as well.
Love & Liberty,
((( starchild )))
Totally agree, John. However, a candidate's platform can serve as a contract or promissory note. Something voters can use to pressure candidates. Also, how does one determine a candidate' real self? Sure, voters can form a general idea, but that is hardly knowing who the candidate really is.
Marcy