Fun fact: The US has only had one academic hold the presidency. He is also considered to be the worst US president in history.

Academics don't have a great track record in politics or governance pretty much anywhere at anytime in history.

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tensor 18 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

What anti-intellectual horse shit. Carney has a PhD in economics, for one. But there are many: Tomáš Masaryk, Manmohan Singh, Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Ricardo Lagos, Mary Robinson, Lee Teng-hui, Tsai Ing-wen, Mario Draghi, Angela Merkel, Claudia Sheinbaum.

All these people have been been at the forefront of b ringin freedom, democracy, and well being to their populations. If anything, the "fun facts" show that academics can make great leaders.

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FLHerne an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Considered by whom - you?

Most surveys, either of experts or the public, rank Wilson above average.

Worst are generally Buchanan, Johnson, Harding and of course Trump.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_rankings_of_preside...

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dmd 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I didn't know Trump held an academic appointment. (Other than John G. Trump, I mean.)

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Dracophoenix 2 hours ago | parent [-]

He means Woodrow Wilson.

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dmd 2 hours ago | parent [-]

well aware

	▲	hedora an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Wilson isn't even bottom ten on the lists I could find. He got the US through WWI and helped establish the league of nations. His other accomplishments include the ftc, federal reserve, antitrust law, the farm act, US income tax, a precursor to the new deal and he lowered tariffs. Wikipedia says he's generally regarded as above average, and the most successful progressive until the New Deal. He was certainly much better than any president the US has had in the last 73 years. JFK is arguable both ways - no one after that is. Here's a survey of stack rankings of US presidents: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_rankings_of_preside... The worst score Woodrow Wilson gets across all the rankings in the survey is 15. The best rating a post-Regan republican gets is 18. If we ignore Regan (still rated much worse than Wilson on average), we have to go all the way back to Dwight Eisenhower to find a Republican whose best score is better than Wilson's worst score. The Democrats fare better. Truman and FDR clearly ranked better. If we ignore them, the next democrat is... Woodrow Wilson. Put another way, of the last 20 presidents, Wilson is ranked 3 or 4. On the other hand, Trump is a Doctor of Business and a Doctor of Laws according the Liberty University. Surely, the poster meant Trump. They're a great school. The best schools.