You and me too! But if memory serves me correctly, we now have an Indigenous person in federal parliament.

@anglophone
We got lots (not lots, but more than one) of Black Lesbians elected in our government. But they ain't POTUS.

And, most of our politicians are agnostic/atheist, they just can't say so.

BTW
You're the 3rd Australian to say Indigenous Person. Is the term I used no longer apropos? It is unfortunate, but most of what I know about Australia comes from Crocodile Dundee and some hours spent researching how to become an Australian citizen back in November of 2016.

@Macanudo Language evolves. When I was a kid, the words negro and aboriginal were regarded as respectful words. The local sociopaths turned the word aboriginal from being a respectful word to being a term of abuse. I suspect the word "indigenous" may soon go the same way. The same goes for "blackboy" [bushheritage.org.au] for which the de-abused word is now "grass-tree", but ... Aboriginal elders still refer to them as "blackboys". Go figure!

@anglophone
yea, cause when I looked it up, Aborigine and Indigenous are awfully close to being the same thing. I do like using your guys' terms though. I work out in the National Forest and whenever I say something like, how was your hike out in the bush, I get "What bush, we went to the creek" or wherever.

@Macanudo Yes, Aboriginal and Indigenous (Australian) are indeed synonymous. (I speak as somebody who has lived on and off for years and decades in "the Land of the Convict".)

Yep, identity politics. For as long as the voters regard minorities as unelectable then the "democracy" that is the United States of America has a serious issue.

@anglophone agreed. Defining candidates by their demographics instead of their abilities is an insurmountable issue. We have to stop it.

@anglophone
We have been an Oligarchy for some time now. Rich people on trial for crimes get told by the judge they are excused on the basis "they didn't know it was against the law". While poor people are told "Ignorance is no excuse".
Rich people pay less of a percentage of taxes than what's left of our middle class and all the Corona virus money went into already deep pockets who still won't bring 100% of their workforce back. Trump fired the watch dog in charge of making sure the money went where it was supposed to go for the CARES Act, but we tout the 75% of the PPE loans going to small business. That's great, but that was $350bn out of $2.2Tr. All the big dogs got a bail-out, not a loan and fired workers.

So someone has to prove tome that we are not an Oligarchy first. Otherwise you will see anyone the people want to see as POTUS. That doesn't mean she'll be able to accomplish anything different than what the Elites want her to...

But will I be able to cash in during my lifetime?

(Thinks: perhaps I should place a $1 bet that it will happen by no later than by 20 April 2103. That way, any of my great-great nieces might benefit.)

@anglophone why would it necessarily be a benefit. Hucksters come in all forms. Same with tyrants and dictators.

@MarkiusMahamius I don't think you'll find anywhere where @anglophone claimed it would be a benefit.

@Petter just the monetary benefit

@MarkiusMahamius Provided her €1 bet won. Then it would become her legacy.