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>30 years from now, candidates for president of the United States will have their old social media posts under a microscope.

You're assuming the United States exists in 30 years, and that it still elects its leader by popular vote :)



You're assuming the United States elects its leader by popular vote. I guess you didn't check the latest results.

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


>You're assuming the United States elects its leader by popular vote.

We do currently, albeit indirectly. I could see a future where we no longer hold elections and have the electoral college pick the president without any pretense of voting.


It would really be a change if we elected the president by popular vote because we don't now and haven't ever.




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