Summer of Protocols

A little light listening just in for this weekend on the origins of the protocols for the peaceful transfer of power

Geo. Washington was a slaveholder *and* gave us this powerful model of peacefully walking away 🎭 

This time different bc incoming have already shown that they don’t understand or believe in it 
aka J6 
aka this won’t end well

“Washington may be better known as a man of action rather than ideas. However, he gave the world one idea of huge power, an idea that was also about power. As a military General, Washington won the American War of Independence. Then, as the first ever US president, he helped establish a nation and guide it through its early life. And then he did something extraordinary - he voluntarily gave up his power and returned to his farm. The idea of the peaceful transfer of power has been at the heart of the American system ever since.”

A little light listening just in for this weekend on the origins of the protocols for the peaceful transfer of power

Geo. Washington was a slaveholder *and* gave us this powerful model of peacefully walking away 🎭 

This time different bc incoming have already shown that they don’t understand or believe in it 
aka J6 
aka this won’t end well

“Washington may be better known as a man of action rather than ideas. However, he gave the world one idea of huge power, an idea that was also about power. As a military General, Washington won the American War of Independence. Then, as the first ever US president, he helped establish a nation and guide it through its early life. And then he did something extraordinary - he voluntarily gave up his power and returned to his farm. The idea of the peaceful transfer of power has been at the heart of the American system ever since.”
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0026pnp