“I alone can fix it” didn’t work in the White House, and it didn’t work at #Twitter.
@georgetakei I feel like it's got something to do with decades of Hollywood action flicks featuring (dramatic trailer voice) "a lone hero who's also a loose cannon but he gets the job done"
@georgetakei @chloetse For sure—which itself is born out of a right-leaning belief in the power of an individual unconstrained by rules that got baked into the American zeitgeist early and deeply.