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I tend to agree with you. Too often politicians are playing to the cameras hoping for a soundbite rather than engaging in substantive debate.
by alphabettsy 6y ago
I tend to agree with you. Too often politicians are playing to the cameras hoping for a soundbite rather than engaging in substantive debate.
- 082349872349872 6y agoWould conducting legislative business via IRC (or text-only Slack/Discord) be a substantive improvement? (or would legislators wind up texting A/S/L and deploying filibuster bots?)
- Aunche 6y agoEverything would be the same except it's not recorded. A transcript can provide transparency but would be much harder to sensationalize.
- C19is20 6y agoI've never voted, never will. Mainly because politicians don't really debate: that being, to convince an opposition to change their minds. I know sometimes politicians have gone against their party's wishes, but I can't see those being as a result of a well constructed idea from the opposition.
- eru 6y agoFrom what I can tell, there's plenty of that kind of debating done in German politics. Especially also because coalition governments are the norm. Would you vote there?
- alphabettsy 6y agoThis may have some truth in national politics, but state and certainly local politics have much more substantive discussions.