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Hardest job on the planet? You need to take a step back and look how ignorant this statement is. If you fail as a politician what happens? You might get voted out. But even this isn't that big of a deal unless it comes too early in your career, because you should have plenty of cushy jobs lined up from all the companies you've helped in your political career. Pretty much every other possible job is harder and more ri…
> If you fail as a politician what happens? You might get voted out. That says nothing about the probability of failure, only the consequences of it. Is writing operating systems easier than driving just because you're less likely to die while doing it?
My point was there is no danger and no down side to being politician [1]. And it just seems odd to me to call a job that consists of literally nothing but talking "hard". Obama is president and the most work he did in congress was being present. To call it hard work is controversial. To call it the hardest job on the planet is utterly outlandish.