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a) Once they get elected, they're no longer working class. You're making the same mistake Lenin's followers did but on a smaller scale. b) They can manipulate a

a) Once they get elected, they're no longer working class. You're making the same mistake Lenin's followers did but on a smaller scale. b) They can manipulate an entrte country of strangers to get elected but not the people over whom they have an information advantage and other more direct sources of power (including rewards)? Think it through a bit more.

username90 6y ago
> Once they get elected, they're no longer working class. Not exactly, your class is as much determined by your friends and family as your job. People with a background in Ivy leagues, law school or wealthy parents like basically all American politicians don't have many or even any working class friends so face no peer pressure to protect working class people. > They can manipulate an entrte country of strangers to get elected but not the people over whom they have an information advantage and other more direct sources of power (including rewards)? They didn't manipulate people to get elected, they got elected since they represent the people well. They can't give rewards to their friends and family or it would be a scandal, Sweden has very little tolerance of corruption. Simple things like buying groceries with tax money instead of their salary or creating hard to find job postings to get friends into jobs creates headlines and has forced people to resign. Politicians can't be shittier than you let them be. If you tolerate corrupt behavior you will get corrupt behavior. If you don't then they will conform since they don't want to lose their positions.
- guerrilla 6y ago
  Class is determined by how much property you own and how much power you have. You're talking about culture and relationships. Many millionaires have poor freinds and that doesn't change the class of either. Just "lol" to the rest.

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a) Once they get elected, they're no longer working class. You're making the same mistake Lenin's followers did but on a smaller scale. b) They can manipulate a

by guerrilla 6y ago

username90 6y ago
> Once they get elected, they're no longer working class. Not exactly, your class is as much determined by your friends and family as your job. People with a background in Ivy leagues, law school or wealthy parents like basically all American politicians don't have many or even any working class friends so face no peer pressure to protect working class people. > They can manipulate an entrte country of strangers to get elected but not the people over whom they have an information advantage and other more direct sources of power (including rewards)? They didn't manipulate people to get elected, they got elected since they represent the people well. They can't give rewards to their friends and family or it would be a scandal, Sweden has very little tolerance of corruption. Simple things like buying groceries with tax money instead of their salary or creating hard to find job postings to get friends into jobs creates headlines and has forced people to resign. Politicians can't be shittier than you let them be. If you tolerate corrupt behavior you will get corrupt behavior. If you don't then they will conform since they don't want to lose their positions.
- guerrilla 6y ago
  Class is determined by how much property you own and how much power you have. You're talking about culture and relationships. Many millionaires have poor freinds and that doesn't change the class of either. Just "lol" to the rest.