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There is a tragic flaw in our precious constitution, and I don’t know what can be done to fix it. This is it: Only nutcases want to be president. This was true even in high school. Only clearly disturbed people ran for class president.
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What it means
Our interpretation.
Vonnegut jokes that the constitution has a design bug: the people keenest on the top job are the ones who shouldn't have it. He backs it up with a school memory. Wanting power that badly, he suggests, is itself a warning sign.
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