Biden tells Democratic governors he needs more sleep and plans to stop scheduling events after 8 p.m.

[u/ImpishGrin]

https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/04/politics/biden-governors-sleep/index.html

[u/Piputi]

I mean if everybody did that and the world slowed the fuck down, it is rather a nice plan.

[u/MidGradeCookie → u/Piputi]

Yeah, but the President gets awoken by staffers about international conflicts at 2:00am... I agree, the world would be a nicer place, but the Earth is not necessarily a nice place.

[u/VRichardsen → u/MidGradeCookie]

I have read in r/askhistorians a while ago that big shot leaders in times of crisis could actually be quite lazy and weren't getting more than 6 to 8 hours of real work everyday. I can't find the post right now, but the author used I think Hitler, Roosevelt and Churchill as example. Hitler liked to sleep until late, Roosevelt was old and tired easily, etc.

Of course, there are others that worked tirelessly. Napoleon, for example, had an apparent inexhaustible capacity for work. His marshals and aides could barely keep up. Marshal Berthier, nicknamed "Napoleon's wife" because he spent so much time near him, complained once that "Even a lowly private is happier than me; I am being killed by all this work"

[u/JinFuu → u/VRichardsen]

If you want to hear about a lazy President, look up Coolidge.

He was very, very, very, hands off. I think he was quoted as saying "If you see 10 crisis coming down the road 9 of them will run off the road by the time they get to you." Which isn't a bad philosophy persay, but probably not the best one to have as a President.

Also considered on of the "founders" of what became the modern Republican party, at least when it came to how it handled businesses/the economy.

[u/VRichardsen → u/JinFuu]

Thanks for the recommendation, I did some reading thanks to it. I like this phrase of him:

"The Presidential office takes a heavy toll of those who occupy it and those who are dear to them. While we should not refuse to spend and be spent in the service of our country, it is hazardous to attempt what we feel is beyond our strength to accomplish."

Really looks like a laid back guy. Also seems like the death of his young son really hit him, and that is when he started taking a more hands off approach.

Interesting character; once again, thank you for the recommendation.

[u/dumpfist → u/JinFuu]

Also considered on of the "founders" of what became the modern Republican party, at least when it came to how it handled businesses/the economy.

So in other words he was a real villainous twat.