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Parent addresses this explicitly: >not because politicians are any better than the average person, but because they tend to have at least a bare minimum of edu
by dTal 6y ago
Parent addresses this explicitly:
>not because politicians are any better than the average person, but because they tend to have at least a bare minimum of education, access to advisors, some positive incentives -the next election- and no high stakes on the decision like, say, a bar owner
- baddox 6y agoThe “no high stakes” part is what’s the most interesting to me, but unfortunately in US national politics I think it tends to not be true. For a single bar, sure, but for massive corporations and industries there is far too much intermingling of private and political incentives.
- GrantSolar 6y agoIf a population does not tend to follow expert advice and a politician is incentivized by an upcoming election, it seems more of a negative incentive for them to act according to rationality