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I suppose then people elsewhere are expected not to care what teachers at your local school make then? Isn't politics about seeing a larger picture?
by joe_the_user 7y ago
I suppose then people elsewhere are expected not to care what teachers at your local school make then? Isn't politics about seeing a larger picture?
- reaperducer 7y agoIsn't politics about seeing a larger picture? No. In fact, there's a saying in politics: "All politics is local."
- joe_the_user 7y agoThere may be the saying "all politics is local politics" but this is hardly a proof of the situation. If anything, the worst politics happens through a purely local lens - for example, the refusal of silicon valley cities build housing for workers in the companies around them based on "local concerns".
- reaperducer 7y agoThere was no specification in the OP's comment about whether it's good or bad. But the fact remains that all politics is local. With the exception of the president, people vote for their local city government, their local county government, their local school board, their local senator, their local representative, and on the macro level (governor), they vote for the person who they think will best help their own, local interests.
- UncleEntity 7y ago> With the exception of the president... Well, technically, people vote to guide the electoral college on who they should vote for.
- ArnoVW 7y agoHis point is that a phrase like "this [teacher|nurse|officer] only makes xx" can be deceiving when the local economic context is not taken into account. Cost of living is not equal. To give an analogue example : the same mechanism applies, in an exacerbated way, across countries. Comparing salaries of Americans with those of -for example- a Frenchman will not take into account that healthcare and education are much more expensive in the US.