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You make a good point but for one wrinkle: How many politicians can admit to a mistake and actually change in response to new information? Add the characteristi
by haZard_OS 9y ago
You make a good point but for one wrinkle: How many politicians can admit to a mistake and actually change in response to new information? Add the characteristic of "able to make genuine compromises" into your search and it seems your results would hover around 0 every time.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 9y agoDon't blame me, I voted for the other lizard. If we continue to vote for people without these qualities, our elected officials will continue to lack them.
- dclowd9901 9y agoThere is no incentive to vote for a compromiser when the other side won't. All you're doing is sacrificing all your footing for the sake of movement in the wrong direction. We're at a gridlock because a significant portion of this country is woefully misinformed about just about everything and are puppets to an incredible machine of profit and no-holds-barred capitalism.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 9y agoAnd by participating in that system under those terms you are only encouraging it. Change begins when someone decides to do something different, and it's usually a risk, but if no one takes it everything stays the same. You have no one to blame but yourself if you refuse to even try.
- fjsolwmv 9y ago"we" don't get to decide who gets funding from the Party elites, free airtime from the media, etc.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 9y agoThen we don't have a democracy and therefore shouldn't even bother voting.