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[massimus]

Kaneman! said:

HylianSwordsman said:

Sometimes people refer to the US President as the leader, other times to the nation itself as the leader. Based on previous discussions we've had, you've said you'd like to see a world with minimal to no government, and you'd like to see the United States lead the charge. As the phrase has never meant ruler but rather leader, as in lead by example, this would mean that if the United States did what you wanted, it would become the leader of the free world. So I don't think you're opposed to the free world having a leader, or even the USA being that leader, or the concept of a free world, you just have a different concept of free and what leadership in that matter would look like.

Just like Hitler was just the "leader" (Führer) of the Third Reich, right? It doesn't make any sense - if anything, it should be front-runner instead of leader, because it can be misconstrued easily. Maybe even herald would be better.

Hes the leader of the federal government, not the people or the states. The executive is the leader. They don’t “rule” like a king though, there are 2 other equal branches of government, the powers were separated but they are all tied down by the limitations in our constitution. Their authority doesn’t exist beyond that document. The importance of our federal government has been highly overplayed for a hundred years with the introduction and beginnings of the progressive left in America. America is largely supposed to be State based governance. State laws can be anything as long as it agrees to basic broad federal rules.

Last edited by massimus - on 07 July 2018