Looks like Trump has been shot

[MrJesterium]

So, while I understand that not everyone who GETS power is in it for themselves, I still feel that people who SEEK it are ultimately going there mostly for their own benefit.

Thanks for clarifying your pov!

Well, Stalin offered to step down from power several times and declined praise from his subordinates.

Actually, I think Stalin remained steadfast in carrying out Lenin's vision, but Stalin also had his own aims from the beginning. Molotov claimed Stalin admitted to him that they no longer had a dictatorship of the proletariat. "He didn’t state this firmly, but he said it."

However, I've never accepted any such position because I felt a need to hammer on any "underlings" or "bend them to my will".

Stalin found it necessary to be harsh and brutal at times, he also took into account the Russian people's low level of culture.

"Stalin had won the battle for the succession because he knew how to organise men and subject them to his will. Trotsky was full of his own personality." (Sergo Beria)
Stalin did not impose his views on people, he wanted to get to know other people's views, so he asked to be shown their library and he was a good listener, which Trotsky was not.

Historian John Lukacs pointed out in Historical Consciousness (his least read book): "Trotsky had his Jewish characteristics, Stalin his Georgian ones; and in the struggle for political power in Russia this was to harm Trotsky more than it harmed Stalin."

Alfred North Whitehead said Russian greatness was made known to the world "from the departure of Trotsky and the arrival of Stalin in power. Stalin's being a Georgian, I think, does have a good deal to do with it."
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Some times, I only took it because I could see that everyone else around me needed someone to stand in the gap between them and the even higher-ups who was a little better at absorbing the heat and not allowing it to pass downward.

Honestly, this country could use more guys like you in influential positions.

My friend Kate was exactly like this, I believe
I may have mentioned her meeting Biden once, she claimed to have been an assistant to celebrities and politicians. She told me,

"My dad was a soldier a veteran as well as my uncles. Grew up in an environment where you stand up for people and defend them and stand up against injustices. I never thought it was actually hard for people to do it and I think a lot of us would do the same. Seeing their struggle is heartbreaking and they seem to look up to me. The owners can’t fill up the spots fast enough and employees said that over past weeks the bosses have treated them better than ever before because of it.
I think because they look up to me I feel responsible for making their life better and the fact they would follow me wherever I go next. It’s like they see the American dream right there and they treat me like I’m their door into it.
Most of the employees have a hard time speaking English so the bosses think they can exploit them. Recently I’ve been standing up for them. The bosses hate that. Glaring at me and when I smile cockily back and them they just smile all friendly to me. Even bosses treat me like that, even though I stand against them, they think simply having me in their store will raise their company to American standards."

I don't know if she'll be picked up anytime soon, but I think she stands a good chance of being sworn in as the president one day.
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Predictions:

WanderingMrM claims the 1st legitimate US female president was born either in 1996 or early 1990s, neither Clinton nor Harris, "I think someone a bit younger, maybe mid 30s or early 40s." I read a similar prediction here, but the timing was wrong: https://old.reddit.com/user/InfoMorgan/c..._religion/

Two scenarios involving influential women:

https://imgur.com/vM0erRl The user told me, "She seemed to be involved with leading the US government. Authoritative, assertive and confident, as if in those moments most eyes were on her, as a beacon of hope."

In this interview, an user described for me the appearance of a woman he saw, as well as a symbol featured on the US flag: https://www.dropbox.com/s/3vxghdjclrg3u9...e.rtf?dl=0

There was a recent topic which may have described the same symbol seen on the US flag: https://old.reddit.com/r/Thetruthishere/...dimension/
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I also know of another guy who could possibly contest the presidential office, he posted under the username "Irredactable", he's an inventor who's brimming with ideas, he had both a scientific-artistic disposition. It's a pity he removed his account due to being fed up with social media, I still have his posts saved up, although I don't agree with him on everything.

His view on female politicians: https://old.reddit.com/r/AskALiberal/com...?context=3
Hillary and Harris both are putting on this high power woman pose and that's why it falls apart. Just be you and don't apologize for it. Instead, they hide themselves, put on a mask and wonder why people won't "support a woman."

His policy positions: https://old.reddit.com/r/JordanPeterson/...t/fqwaemm/

His political views:
https://old.reddit.com/r/Libertarian/com...rian_am_i/ "I'm hoping that eventually I can get involved enough and forge enough connections to actually run for some sort of office, while developing my ideas further. I'd also promote the idea that there shouldn't be a false-dichotomy between individual responsibility and individual expression, that both are actually valuable and contribute a lot to the well-being of society."

Meeting those two users are the whole reason why I started searching for pioneers out there. I can confirm that they exist, they just pass by unnoticed. If enough people come out in support of them, wouldn't the ruling authorities of the day be forced to step down from their pedestal and pay lip service, in hopes of not being condemned by the public?